1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 8, 4:24 AM MST, 7 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 424 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 .SHORT TERM... ...FLASH BLIZZARD POSSIBLE PALMER DVD LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO MAKE A NIGHTMARE RUSH HOUR IN COS REGION...SNOW CONTINUES IN C AND SW MTNS TODAY...SNOW FOR RATON MESA/WETS/SANGRES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... CURRENTLY...VERY DYNAMIC CONVECTIVE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER UTAH MOVING EAST. CG PLOTS INDICATE OCCNL CG ACTIVITY WITH SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY ENTERING FAR SW CO. OVER THE IMMEDIATE FCST AREA GFE OBSPLOT PROGRAM (A BLEND OF MODEL AND REALTIME OBS) INDICATE BOUNDARY HAS MOVED SOUTH AND IS LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG US-50 IN SE CO. REGIONAL RADARS INDICATE CONVECTIVE RAIN AND SNOWS OVER W CO. PRECIP BEGINNING TO BREAK OUT ALONG I-25 CORRIDOR N OF MONUMENT. TODAY...HIGH IMPACT WEATHER EVENT TO AFFECT PARTS OF CWA TODAY. NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS COLORADO SPRINGS REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH I EXPECT LIGHT PRECIP TO BREAK OUT ACROSS GREATER COS AREA (PALMER DVD/PIKES PEAK REGION) THIS MORNING...BELIEVE BRUNT OF ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. CONFIDENCE OF THIS IS RATHER HIGH AS ALL SHORT RANGE MODELS (NAM... MM5...AND RUC PAINT SAME SCENERIO) STRONG PRES GRAD WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS AREA AT ABOVE MENTIONED TIME ALONG WITH STRONG DYNAMICS. EXPECT INTENSE SNOWFALL ACTIVITY TO OCCUR DURING LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING TIME PERIOD CAUSING SERIOUS COMMUTING PROBLEMS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS EVENT WILL LIKELY BE SHORT LIVED AND THE GROUND IS QUITE WARM AND THE AIR IS NOT ALL THAT COLD...BUT ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLUSH PACKED AND VIS WILL GO DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE SNOWFALL. WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT WILL BE POSSIBLE CAUSING BLOWING SNOW (BUT DRIFTING NOT LIKELY DUE TO THE WETNESS OF THE EVENT). EVENT SHOULD MOVE OUT OF COS REGION BY MID EVENING (9PM-ISH). FOR NOW PLAN TO LEAVE CURRENT HILITES IN PLACE (SNOW ADVISORY)...BUT WILL PLAY IT UP HARD IN THE NEXT ISSUANCES AROUND 4 AM. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN N EL PASO WILL RANGE FROM 2-6...IN TELLER 4-10 (N AND E FACING SLOPES) AND A TRACE TO 3 IN S EL PASO. EXPECT 2-3 IN IMMEDIATE COS REGION. IN THE HI COUNTRY...BENEFICIAL SNOWS WILL CONTINUE WITH ALL MTNS AND HI VALLEYS SEEING PRECIP. SAN LUIS VALLEY SHOULD SEE A RAIN/SNOW MIX TODAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE IN THE 2-8 RANGE...WITH THE C MTNS LIKELY SEEING THE MOST. A FEW CG FLASHES MAY ALSO OCCUR IN THE MTNS. MOVING BACK TO THE PLAINS...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY OCCURRING GENERALLY S OF US-50. SPC MENTIONS A FEW COULD BE MARGINALLY SVR WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. WITH SHEAR IN PLACE...THIS COULD OCCUR BUT CAPE APPEARS MAIN LIMITING FACTOR. TONIGHT...AS MENTIONED ABOVE...SNOW SHOULD BE ENDING ACROSS PALMER DVD IN THE EVENING. BRUNT OF ACTIVITY WILL THEN MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE RATON MESA REGION. ATTM EXPECT ONLY 1-4 INCHES ACROSS MAINLY LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...AND WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST IN THE 20-40 MPH RANGE FOR A 2-3H PERIOD. THIS AREA WILL SEE WARM TEMPS TODAY...SO ACCUMS WILL NOT BE ALL THAT GREAT. SNOW WILL ALSO FALL ALONG THE S FACING SLOPES OF THE S MTNS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOST OF THE EVENING WITH 2-6 POSSIBLE. /HODANISH .LONG TERM... (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) FORECAST CHALLENGES THROUGH THE EXTENDED REVOLVE AROUND TIMING OF EJECTING SHORTWAVES FROM MEAN TROF ACROSS THE WESTERN US...AND POSITIONING OF COLD FRONT WHICH WAVERS ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THROUGH THE PERIOD. THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE A BRIEF REPRIEVE AS NEXT TROF RELOADS ACROSS THE WESTERN US. BY LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING...NEXT SHORTWAVE APPROACHES THE 4 CORNERS REGION WITH ASSOC UPPER JET CORE ORIENTED ACROSS NRN AZ AND NM. MOISTURE BEGINS INCREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW SPREADING BACK INTO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND BECOMING POTENTIALLY HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AS UPPER LVL DIV-Q FORCING MOVES IN AND LAPSE RATES STEEPEN. MORE HIGHLIGHTS LOOK LIKELY FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WITH GRIDS HAVING BETWEEN 6 AND 14 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE THESE AREAS. FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...LEE TROF REDEVELOPS THURS AFTERNOON AND DEEPENS OVERNIGHT AS UPPER JET ENERGY MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY SEE WESTERLY WINDS KICK IN DURING THE LATE AFTN AND BECOME BREEZY OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY/FRI NIGHT SNOW CONTINUES IN THE WEST AS ANOTHER SLIGHTLY STRONGER SHORTWAVE EJECTS ACROSS THE 4 CORNERS REGION IN THE AFTN/EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THESE AREAS. MEANWHILE A SHALLOW FRONT WHICH STARTS IN THE VCNTY OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY LIFTS BACK NORTH DURING THE DAY AS SFC LOW RE INTENSIFIES ACROSS SE CO. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION FALLS FROM TODAYS STORM SYSTEM ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO...WE COULD BE IN FOR MORE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY AS WINDS CRANK UP ONCE AGAIN. EARLIER RUNS WERE BRINGING THE COLD FRONT INTO THE PALMER DIVIDE REGION FRI NIGHT...BUT HAVE NOW SHIFTED THE BAROCLINIC ZONE FARTHER TO THE NORTH. HAVE CUT BACK POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AREAS FOR FRI NIGHT ACCORDINGLY. A STRONGER SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE FLOW FOR SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO SOUTHEAST COLORADO ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT ADVANCES THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. LOTS OF RUN-TO-RUN CHANGES WITH THE TIMING OF THIS FRONT...SO HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE DETAILS...BUT WILL INTRODUCE SOME 10 POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THESE PERIODS TO BETTER BLEND WITH SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS. OTHERWISE...SNOW CONTINUES FOR THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. 06Z GFS FINALLY EJECTS THE TROF EAST OF THE AREA BY MONDAY EVENING WITH SHORTWAVE RIDGING OVER THE AREA FOR TUESDAY. SO WILL KEEP SOME POPS IN THE FCST FOR MOST AREAS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING BACK ACROSS THE EAST FOR TUESDAY AND THE NEW DAY 8. -KT && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COZ081-COZ082. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COZ084. SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ058-COZ059- COZ060-COZ061-COZ063-COZ066-COZ068. && 34/31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 705 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-091415- 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- 705 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND FOR ALL OF LAKE COUNTY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 TO 12 INCHES. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE GREATER PIKES PEAK AND PALMER DIVIDE REGIONS LATER THIS MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL BECOME HEAVY BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW WILL LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. BY MID AFTERNOON A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST SOUTH ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AND WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 20 TO 40 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW 1/4 OF MILE. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT DUE THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTH WINDS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE TELLER COUNTY REGION WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 TO 12 INCHES. ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES...AND ACROSS COLORADO SPRINGS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS...AND I-25 CORRIDOR FROM PUEBLO SOUTH TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RATON MESA REGION. ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THE IMMEDIATE PUEBLO REGION. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG NEAR THE COLORADO KANSAS BORDER...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEMS MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS PERIOD. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...IT WILL BE BREEZY AND MILD WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS OFF AND ON THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS MAY COME SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1019 AM MST WED MAR 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1006 AM HEAVY SNOW 9 NNE WOLF CREEK PASS 37.60N 106.73W
03/08/2006 M5.0 INCH MINERAL CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1008 AM HEAVY SNOW SALIDA 38.53N 106.00W
03/08/2006 M1.5 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOWFALL IN PAST HOUR.
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JKHThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
While accumulations below snow advisory criteria were noted along the Interstate 25 corridor and the eastern mountains...up to 7 inches of localized snow accumulation was measured in the Pueblo West area in Pueblo County.
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