1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 10, 2:35 PM MST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO
235 PM MST MON DEC 10 2001
...UPDATE...
DECIDED TO GO WITH SNOW ADVISORY FOR SAN JUANS. SNOW MODEL USING NEW
MESOETA DATA HAS ONLY 4-8 FOR THIS REGION.
PLEASE SEE PREVIOUS AREA FCST DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS REGARDING
THE REST OF THE FCST.
.PUB...SNOW ADVISORY THIS EVENING THROUGH 12 NOON TUESDAY FOR ZONES
60/61.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
An upper level disturbance produced some heavy snow. The highest snow amount reported was at the summit of Wolf Creek Pass in Mineral county where 15 inches of snow was noted. South Fork tallied 5 inches of snow.
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