Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2021
Winter Storm Watch 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at May 9, 2021, 2:46 PM MDT for El Paso County, Fremont County, Teller County, Colorado. It took effect at May 10, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2021, 2:46 PM MDT (20:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2021, 9:14 AM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
964 WWUS45 KPUB 092046 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 246 PM MDT Sun May 9 2021 COZ081-082-100500- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0008.210511T0000Z-210511T1800Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet- 246 PM MDT Sun May 9 2021 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches possible, with heavier amounts on the north side of Pikes Peak. * WHERE...Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between 7500 and 11000 Feet and Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet Counties. * WHEN...From Monday evening through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult, especially during the Tuesday morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation. && $$ Hodanish
3 follow-up statements
333 WWUS45 KPUB 100447 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1047 PM MDT Sun May 9 2021 COZ081-082-101300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0008.210511T0000Z-210511T1800Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet- 1047 PM MDT Sun May 9 2021 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches possible, with heavier amounts on the north side of Pikes Peak. * WHERE...Teller County, Rampart Range above 7500 feet, and Pikes Peak * WHEN...From Monday evening through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation. && $$
096 WWUS45 KPUB 101008 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 408 AM MDT Mon May 10 2021 COZ081-082-101815- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0008.210511T0000Z-210511T1800Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet- 408 AM MDT Mon May 10 2021 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches with locally higher amounts possible, especially on the north side of Pikes Peak. * WHERE...Teller County, the Rampart Range above 7500 feet, and Pikes Peak. * WHEN...From Monday evening through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the Tuesday morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation. && $$
471 WWUS45 KPUB 101514 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 914 AM MDT Mon May 10 2021 COZ081-082-102315- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0008.210511T0000Z-210511T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0026.210511T0000Z-210511T1800Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet- 914 AM MDT Mon May 10 2021 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches, with 5 to 10 inches above 10000 feet. * WHERE...Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between 7500 and 11000 Feet and Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet Counties. * WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to noon MDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Tuesday morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. && $$ COZ058-060-072-073-079-080-084-102315- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0026.210511T0000Z-210511T1800Z/ Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet- Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Feet- 914 AM MDT Mon May 10 2021 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central and southeast Colorado. * WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to noon MDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Tuesday morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 37 min |
| May 8, 6:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 55 min |
| May 8, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 46 min |
| May 8, 7:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 72 min |
| May 8, 7:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 42 min |
| May 8, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 61 min |
| May 8, 8:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 39 min |
| May 9, 12:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 41 min |
| May 9, 1:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 52 min |
| May 9, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 41 min |
| May 9, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| May 9, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.