A quick moving weather disturbance dumped over 10 inches of snow in the highest reaches of the eastern San Juan Mountains in Mineral County.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A quick moving weather disturbance dumped over 10 inches of snow in the highest reaches of the eastern San Juan Mountains in Mineral 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 Mar 21, 2:57 PM MST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 632 AM MST TUE MAR 21 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-221345- 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- 632 AM MST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TODAY UNTIL 9AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS TODAY AND WILL THEN CONTINUE TONIGHT...SPREADING EASTWARD TO THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND PIKES PEAK. THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILL SEE THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED BY MIDMORNING WEDNESDAY. THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS WILL GENERALLY SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY WILL LIKELY SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ON WEDNESDAY. LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AS THE STORM MOVES EASTWARD SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD 0VER THE EASTERN PLAINS. THE WET MOUNTAINS AND RATON MESA COULD SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATE SATURDAY AS ANOTHER STORM MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY OVER THE SAWATCH...MOSQUITO...LA GARITA RANGES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...AND TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. 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, March 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5490505.