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Winter Storm Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 12, 2024Chaffee County, Lake County, Saguache County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at May 12, 2024, 12:50 AM MDT for Chaffee County, Lake County, Saguache County, Colorado. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2024, 12:50 AM MDT (06:50 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2024, 9:00 AM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Chaffee County, CO, Lake County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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 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 winter storm warning went out at May 12, 12:30 AM MDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 12:30 AM MDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 10:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 12:45 AM MDT, 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1245 AM MDT Sun May 12 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1242 AM     Snow             2 NE Leadville          39.27N 106.27W
05/12/2024  M12.2 Inch       Lake               CO   Trained Spotter

            24 hour snow total for location. Snow fell
            from 630PM May 11 to 12AM May 12. SWE of
            1.04 inches. Heavy snow still falling at
            location.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 12:23 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	Chaffee, Lake, Saguache	27 min
May 12, 12:50 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	Chaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Teller	13 hr
May 12, 10:57 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	33 min
May 12, 11:28 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	47 min
May 12, 12:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	45 min
May 12, 12:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 12, 12:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	34 min
May 12, 1:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	48 min
May 12, 1:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	41 min
May 12, 1:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	49 min
May 12, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	28 min
May 12, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	30 min
May 12, 2:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	24 min
May 12, 2:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	33 min
May 12, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	31 min
May 12, 2:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	36 min
May 12, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	33 min
May 12, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	31 min
May 12, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	28 min
May 12, 3:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	24 min
May 12, 3:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		38 min
May 12, 3:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	50 min
May 12, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	48 min
May 12, 3:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	32 min
May 12, 3:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	34 min
May 12, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		46 min
May 12, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.