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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

February 20, 20226 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Feb 20, 2022, 2:55 PM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 21, 2022, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2022, 2:55 PM MST (21:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2022, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 20, 2022, 9:52 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 20, 11:19 AM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 11:19 AM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 4:47 AM MST, 10 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
447 AM MST Sun Feb 20 2022

COZ058>089-093>099-211200-
Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet-
Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet-
Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet-
Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below
10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Alamosa  Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Southern San Luis Valley-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet-
Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between
7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below
7500 Feet-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range
Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet-
Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-
Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County-
Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
447 AM MST Sun Feb 20 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Critical fire weather conditions are likely from late morning into
early evening today along the I-25 corridor from Colorado Springs
south to the New Mexico border, where winds will gust over 25 mph
and relative humidity will fall below 15 percent.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Critical Fire weather conditions are likely Monday afternoon along
the southern I25 corridor and eastern plains, as low humidity and
strong winds overspread the area.

Beginning late Monday, an Arctic airmass will start to overspread
the area. This will bring frigid temperatures to southern Colorado.
This will also bring multiple chances for accumulating snow across
southern Colorado. The first will likely be light snow Monday night
and through Tuesday. Then another chance of more widespread and
heavier snow is likely late Tuesday into early Thursday. The last
chance for wintry weather will be Friday into Saturday, when another
shot of light snow is possible across the mountains. The highest
snowfall totals will be along the mountains, where several feet of
snow will be possible.

Frigid temperatures will also overspread much of the forecast area
during the week behind the cold front. Temperatures will likely be
25 to 35°F below seasonal averages. Wind chills will also be
bitterly cold, likely well be 0°F for most of the forecast area.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters will not be needed today or tonight.

10/SIMCOE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 9:04 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUBEl Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo21 hr
Feb 20, 4:11 AM MSTFire Weather WatchPUBBaca, Bent, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers and 1 more11 hr
Feb 20, 3:03 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas and 3 more28 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.