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Snow Squall Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this snow squall warning at Feb 27, 2024, 2:59 PM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2024, 2:59 PM MST (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2024, 4:00 PM MST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 410 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
- 2072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow squall warning 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 snow squall warning went out at Feb 27, 2:48 PM MST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 2:48 PM MST, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 5:02 AM MST, 9 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 502 AM MST Tue Feb 27 2024 COZ058>089-093>099-281215- 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- 502 AM MST Tue Feb 27 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Damaging winds and high fire danger are expected across portions of our plains today, mainly south of highway 50. Please avoid activities that could start a fire! Winds gusting in excess of 60 mph could lead to blowing dust and hazardous travel conditions, especially for the San Luis Valley. Light and high profile vehicles should take extra caution today, especially on north-south oriented roadways, to include I-25. Snow will develop behind a cold front Tuesday afternoon and evening across the plains. Snow accumulations should remain less than 2 inches. Flash freeze potential will exist as temperatures rapidly fall behind the cold front. This could lead to slick road conditions Tuesday evening, especially for travelers over Monument Hill. Heavy and blowing snow continues over the high country today, with highest amounts over the San Juans. Winds gusting up 80 mph will lead to blowing snow, degraded visibilities, and hazardous travel conditions, especially over mountain passes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday An upper storm system will move across the region Friday through Sunday night. Accumulating snow is forecast for the Continental Divide next weekend. A return to windy conditions with high fire danger is expected Friday through Sunday due to gusty winds and low humidity values. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be likely over portions of the region. EHR/88
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:07 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | PUB | Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo | 38 min |
| Feb 27, 4:57 PM MST | Snow Squall Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers | 48 min |
Nearby
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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.