with frequent gusts over 58 mph and some sustained winds of 40 mph. A roof was blown off a building and siding was ripped off mobile homes in the Fowler area in Otero County.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A very strong low pressure system generated high winds across the southeast plains of Colorado...with frequent gusts over 58 mph and some sustained winds of 40 mph. A roof was blown off a building and siding was ripped off mobile homes in the Fowler area in Otero County.
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 7, 3:05 AM MST, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 405 AM MDT FRI APR 7 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...LOTS OF WIND/SNOW HIGHLIGHTS ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TO DEAL WITH THIS MORNING... INTENSE VERTICALLY STACKED UPPER LOW IS CURRENTLY SITUATED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS. UPPER JET ENERGY IS WRAPPING AROUND NRN/WRN PERIPHERY OF THIS SYSTEM WHICH IS SENDING AN AREA OF RAIN/SNOW ACROSS NE CO WHICH IS ALREADY KNOCKING ON OUR DOORSTEP IN THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE AREA. NICE MID LVL THETA-E RIDGE WRAPPING AROUND WRN SIDE OF UPPER LOW COUPLED WITH MID LVL QG FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS TO CONTINUE UNDER THE TROWAL FEATURE DURING THE MORNING. TROWAL BECOMES LESS DISTINCT DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE...WITH A SOMETIMES RAIN...SOMETIMES SNOW MIX IN KCOS DURING THE MORNING AS PRECIPITATION INTENSITIES WAVER BETWEEN LIGHT TO MODERATE. AS FOR ACCUMS...INHERITED GRIDS HAVE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...WITH GENERALLY LESS THAN 1/2 INCH FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...AND THIS STILL LOOKS GOOD. ACCUMS SHOULD OCCUR MAINLY ON THE GRASSY SURFACES...AND WILL PROBABLY MELT OFF SOME DURING THE AFTERNOON. NE SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK/RAMPART RANGE SHOULD ALSO SEE SOME LIGHT ACCUMS. THE MAIN STORY WITH THIS SYSTEM...WILL BE THE INTENSE WINDS. NAM12 BRINGS 50-70KTS AT H7 ACROSS EASTERN CO THIS MORNING AND WITH INTENSE SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT...HIGH WIND WARNING STILL LOOKS ON TARGET FARTHER EAST. LITTLE LESS UNCERTAINTY FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. LOOKS LIKE EAST SECTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY SHOULD REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING...AND HAVE OPTED TO UPGRADE THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS AREA. TOUGHER CALL FOR PUEBLO AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. HIGH WINDS JUST MAY NOT BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH OR LONG ENOUGH IN DURATION TO MAKE CRITERIA IN THESE ZONES AND WITH BEST PRESSURE GRADIENT JUST TO THE EAST OF THESE AREAS...HAVE OPTED TO NOT TO INCLUDE THEM AT THIS TIME. BUT HERE AGAIN...WOUDLNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE LOCAL AREAS GET A BRIEF 58 MPH WIND GUST FOR LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 1 HOUR DURATION. OF COURSE WITH THE WINDS AND THE SNOW...AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WHERE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. FOR NOW THINK THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY STILL LOOKS LIKE THE BEST WAY TO PLAY THIS EVENT...AS DURATION SHOULD ONLY LAST FOR A FEW HOURS. ALSO...IT SHOULD BE A WET SNOW...AND WITH WARM GROUND ALLOWING SOME MELTING...AM NOT ANTICIPATING EXTENSIVE LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW. SO PLAN TO KEEP THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY GOING THROUGH THE MORNING FOR THIS AREA. ELSEWHERE...OUT WEST SNOW SHOULD BE WINDING DOWN ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY WARM SOME OUT WEST COMPARED TO YESTERDAY AND HAVE ADJUSTED MAX TEMPS SLIGHTLY. OTHERWISE...UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS OVER TONIGHT AND SHOULD SEE A RETURN OF DRY AND CALM CONDITIONS. -KT THANKS TO SURROUNDING OFFICES FOR THE COLLABORATION. .LONG TERM... (SAT THROUGH THU) ...RELATIVELY MILD/WARM TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK... ...SPRING HIGH TERRAIN SNOW MELT LIKELY NEXT WEEK... SAT THROUGH THU...GENERALLY...MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL WLY FLOW SHOULD DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN WITH JUST MINOR WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH ON TUE. GIVEN THE W-SWLY FLOW...A DEEP DRY AIRMASS SHOULD BE MIGRATE FROM THE DESERT SW INTO THE CNTRL ROCKIES PROMOTING A FAIR AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE AND WARM TEMPERATURES. GFS HAS +2C TO +10C ACROSS MUCH OF CO EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. THESE TEMPERATURES WOULD SUPPORT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S/70S AND POSSIBLY NEAR 80F ACROSS SERN CO. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN THE MOUNTAINS WOULD BE IN THE 30S/40S/50S. PIKES PEAK COULD BE GETTING INTO THE 30S NEXT WEEK. GFS MOS APPEARS TO BE A LITTLE TOO COOL AND TRENDING TOWARDS CLIMATOLOGY...SO WILL GO A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE MEX MOS MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. HIGH TERRAIN SNOW MELT WILL OCCUR WITH THESE TEMPERATURES...WHICH IS ABOUT ON TRACK. UNFORTUNATELY...A FEW DAYS MIGHT BE BREEZY/WINDY AND WOULD PROMOTE SNOW MELT EVAPORATION. THE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION LOOK VERY LOW OR NIL. THE 00Z/07 ECMWF APPEARS TO KEEP A CLOSED LOW OFF THE CA COAST NEXT WEEK. METZE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ084- COZ085. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ089- COZ093-COZ095-COZ096-COZ097-COZ098-COZ099. BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY FOR COZ084. && 17/31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 701 AM MDT FRI APR 7 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-081300- 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- 701 AM MDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... ...A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS INCLUDING EL PASO...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA... BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIND...RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW THIS MORNING AS SNOW LEVELS VARY FROM 6000 TO 7000 FEET. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON GRASSY SURFACES ACROSS THIS AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO FALL EAST OF BLACK FOREST. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO BOTH WIND AND SNOW WILL BE TREACHEROUS ACROSS HIGHWAY 24 IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY. HOWEVER...THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE BRIEF WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY THIS MORNING...WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE AND PIKES PEAK. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE AREA IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING INCLUDES EL PASO...CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT...KIOWA... PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. PEOPLE TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A LOW PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW MAINLY ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TUESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS TODAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 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: 5503713, 5503714, 5503717, 5503718, 5503715, 5503719, 5503720, 5503716.