and Pueblo Counties. which may have been diseased or dead.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A strong low pressure area caused isolated damage due to strong winds on the eastern slopes of the Wet Mountains and Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Las Animas...Huerfano...and Pueblo Counties. Tree limbs of 4 to 6 inches in diameter came down near Rye and San Isabel...as well as a large 14 inch diameter tree...which may have been diseased or dead. The duration, speed, and areal extent of the winds did not warrant a high wind warning.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 15, 2:57 AM MST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 357 AM MDT SAT APR 15 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) MAIN CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE EFFECTS OF PASSING SYSTEM. CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATING POTENT SHORT WAVE TROUGH LIFTING OUT ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO WITH ASSOCIATED 120 KT JET CORE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO ATTM. REGION RADARS INDICATING NUMEROUS SHOWERS ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO AHEAD OF TROUGH AXIS. AT THE SFC...PRESSURES ARE CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS AHEAD OF SYSTEM...WITH A DEEPENING 995MB LOW NEAR LAA ATTM. TODAY...CURRENT FORECAST PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK...AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL COLORADO THIS MORNING AND INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. BEST LIFT AND MOISTURE MOVES ACROSS THE SW AND CENTRAL MTS THIS MORNING AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH STRONG SUBSIDENCE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO IN ITS WAKE. SFC TO H7 GRADIENT TIGHTENS ACROSS THE REGION AS SYSTEM MOVES EAST...ALLOWING FOR STRONG WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. SOMEWHAT CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA BEING MET EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND FAR SE PLAINS...AS LATEST MODELS INDICATING H7 APPROACHING 50KTS AS JET MAX MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...DONT THINK IT WILL BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH...AND WILL LET CURRENT GRIDS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS AND TO NEAR 65 MPH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MTS. WITH THE STRONG WINDS... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE MET ACROSS THE PLAINS AS WELL...WITH THE EVENING SHIFTS UPGRADE OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FROM 6 AM THROUGH 9 PM STILL LOOKING ON TRACK. AS FOR PRECIP...WARM AIR AHEAD OF SYSTEM KEEPING SNOW LEVELS AOB 10KT FEET...THOUGH WITH STRONG CONVECTIVE COMPONENT...COULD SEE HEAVY BURSTS OF SNOW DOWN TO 8500 FEET ACROSS THE SW AND CENTRAL MTS. WITH CAA DEVELOPING ON THE BACK SIDE OF SYSTEM...MAY NEED TO EXTEND SBS ADVISORY ACROSS THE CENTRAL MTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH NOON ENDING TIME ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUANS STILL ON TRACK. HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE HIGH MT VALLEYS THROUGH THE EASTERN MTS THIS MORNING...WITH SOME SPRINKLES/VIRGA POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS BEFORE DRY SLOT MOVES IN. HAVE ALSO KEPT ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST ACROSS THE PALMER DVD REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. TONIGHT...MODERATING NW FLOW ALOFT TRANSITIONS TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH SHORT WAVE RIDGING BUILDING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO WESTERN COLORADO. WITH WEAKENING GRADIENT...BRISK WINDS TO DECOUPLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES...AND DRY AIR...HAVE GONE SLIGHTLY BELOW GUIDANCE FOR LOWS... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR. MOISTURE QUICKLY SHALLOWS OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL MTS...WITH MAINLY CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. -MW .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) MAIN CONCERNS ARE THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEA CONDITIONS MON...AND PCPN CHANCES WITH THE NEXT TROF MON AFTERNOON THRU TUE. SUN AND SUN NIGHT AN UPR RIDGE WL BRING DRY WEA TO THE AREA...AND DAYTIME HIGH TEMPS WL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. ON MON AN UPR TROF WL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN. BY LATE AFTERNOON MSTR IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND THERE WL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS/TSTMS OVR THE CNTRL AND PORTIONS OF THE SW MTS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR MON IS THAT AS THAT UPR TROF MOVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN...THE SOUTH TO SWRLY FLOW WL INCREASE OVR THE AREA AND IT SHOULD BE WINDY ACRS THE AREA...AND IT LOOKS LIKE MIN RH VALUES MON AFTERNOON WL BE BELOW 15 PERCENT OVR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND SERN PLAINS...SO THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEA CONDITIONS. THERE ARE SOME DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS AS TO HOW FAST AND EXACTLY WHERE THIS SYSTEM WL TRACK MON NIGHT. THE GFS HAS THE UPR LOW CENTER OVR SERN WY BY 12Z TUE...WHILE THE NAM HAS IT ALONG THE W CNTRL CO BORDER AT THAT TIME. IF THE GFS IS CORRECT THERE WL BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR PCPN OVR THE CNTRL AND PORTIONS OF THE SW MTS...THAN IF THE NAM IS CORRECT. SO AT THIS POINT WL MAKE FEW CHANGES TO THE POP GRIDS...BUT WL GO WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE POPS OVR THOSE AREAS. THE ECMWF IS CLOSER TO THE GFS SOLUTION...AS IT FORECAST THE LOW CENTER TO BE IN NERN WY AT 12Z TUE. DURING THE DAY TUE WITH THE LOW BEING CENTERED TO OUR NORTH...THE DOWNSLOPE FLOW OVR THE ERN AREAS SHOULD KEEP THE WEA MAINLY DRY WITH PCPN CHANCES MAINLY CONFINED TO THE CNTRL MTS. 700MB TEMPS OVR THE AREA TUE ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM ABOUT +2C OVR SRN AREAS TO AROUND -5C OVR NRN AREAS. THUS TEMPS THIS DAY WL PROBABLY BE AROUND NORMAL. THE LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO LIFT NE INTO SD TUE NIGHT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE WEA IS THEN DRY OVR THE FORECAST AREA. WED THROUGH FRI IT LOOKS LIKE THE WEA SHOULD BE DRY ACRS THE AREA WITH TEMPS STAYING AROUND NORMAL WED AND THU...BUT WARMING SOME FOR FRI. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ221-COZ222- COZ225-COZ226-COZ227-COZ228-COZ229-COZ230-COZ231-COZ232-COZ233- COZ234-COZ235-COZ236-COZ237. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY FOR COZ058- COZ060-COZ061-COZ066-COZ068. && 23/28
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1000 PM MDT FRI APR 14 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-151300- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- 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- 1000 PM MDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA...SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES UNTIL 12 PM MDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ABOVE 9000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SPRING STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH COLORADO ON SATURDAY. WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE COMBINATION OF WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 40 MPH INCLUDING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...VERY LOW HUMIDITY...AND MODERATE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. ALSO...PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES PRODUCED BY BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY AREA. A THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NEARBY VALLEYS PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING SATURDAY. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AS PERSISTENT DRY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING WEATHER SYSTEMS...MAY PRODUCE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. THE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AROUND THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE HIGHER ELEVATIONS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY IN THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, April 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5503721, 5503722, 5503723.