4 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, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 828 AM MST TUE MAR 7 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-081530- 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- 828 AM MST TUE MAR 7 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE ZONES 221...222 AND ZONES 225 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE EASTERN PLAINS...FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM MST TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PLAINS. LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO COLORADO AND BRING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN PART OF THE VALLEY...A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY...MAINLY NORTH OF SALIDA...MAY SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY WHERE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES SOUTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO. RAIN AND SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AN ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS PIKES PEAK AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL BRIEFLY COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE OVER THIS REGION DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. NUMEROUS WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO FOR THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWS TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL BE WINDY WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION AS EACH DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A series of moist upper level disturbances pounded the highest elevations of the southwest and central mountains...especially the eastern San Juan mountains. Several feet of snow was noted in the higher elevations of the Mosquito and Sawatch Ranges...but the summit of Wolf Creek Pass in the eastern San Juan mountains reported an impressive 100 inches of snow during this time frame.
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: 5490274, 5490273, 5490272, 5490271.