A winter storm intensified rapidly just to the southeast of Colorado generated snow amounts of only 3 to 6 inches. But, wind gusts over 60 mph at times causing blizzard condtions over most of eastern Colorado.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A winter storm intensified rapidly just to the southeast of Colorado generated snow amounts of only 3 to 6 inches. But, wind gusts over 60 mph at times causing blizzard condtions over most of eastern Colorado.
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 Feb 23, 3:35 PM MST, 11 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 335 PM MST FRI FEB 23 2007 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY) CURRENTLY...LARGE TROUGH AXIS FROM WESTERN UTAH TO WESTERN ARIZONA...PER SATELLITE IMAGERY...CHUGGING EASTWARD. BAND OF THICKER CLOUDS NOW ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF COLORADO IN ADVANCE OF THE AXIS. SNOW STARTED SHORTLY AFTER 1 PM AT CPW AND SNOW WILL PROBABLY BREAK OUT IN TIME FOR THE START UP OF THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY ACROSS THE SAWATCH RANGE AT 5 PM. WINDS HAVE BEEN BRISK OVER AND ADJACENT TO THE MOUNTAINS WARMING TEMPERATURES TO THE 30S AND 40S IN THE HIGH COUNTRY AND THE 50S AND 60S IN THE I-25 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE 30S OVER SOUTHEAST SNOW COVER. TONIGHT...BY 06Z CUTOFF LOW OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND MID LEVEL WINDS SWINGING AROUND FROM SOUTHWEST TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS...WHICH FAVORS SOUTHERN EASTERN SAN JUANS AND SAWATCH RANGE FOR OROGRAPHICS...ONCE SYNOPTIC LIFT PASSES BY. HAVE KEPT THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUANS...AGAIN WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN NEAR CUMBRES AND LA MANGA PASSES. IN THE 06Z TO 12Z TIME FRAME AS UPPER LOW TRANSLATES INTO THE PANHANDLE REGION...WINDS GET CRANKING FROM THE NORTH ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF CWFA AND SNOW BREAKS OUT IN A TROWAL FEATURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. WITH THE STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE I-25 CORRIDOR (SOME GUSTS OVER 45 MPH)...AND THE SYNOPTIC LIFT MOVING EAST...THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND PERHAPS IN THE WALSENBURG AREA AND SOUTH OF TRINIDAD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RATON RIDGE...AND MESA DE MAYA. WHILE THERE WILL BE SOME ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE 12Z...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...THE BEST CHANCE FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE DURING SATURDAY. SATURDAY...MODELS STILL HINT THAT THE BEST CHANCE FOR SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE I-25 CORRIDOR WILL BE THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY. WHILE NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY MAY ONLY RECEIVE 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH 700MB WINDS NEARING 60 KTS AND SURFACE WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AND THE ONGOING BLIZZARD WARNING STILL LOOKS GOOD THROUGH 23Z. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE THE ACCUMULATIONS AND DRIFTS MAY BE MEASURED IN FEET. MEANTIME...IN THE SOUTHEAST...SNOW WILL INTENSIFY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF UPPER LOW...AND NORTHERLY 700MB WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 70 TO 80 KTS...WITH SURFACE WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH. HAVE GONE WITH ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THAT AREA WITH MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LIKELY CRIPPLING TRAVEL AND CAUSING LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WHO VENTURE OUT. SNOW DRIFTS WILL BE MEASURED IN FEET...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE ONGOING BLIZZARD WARNING THROUGH 01Z LOOKS GOOD. THERE COULD BE POWER OUTAGES ON TOP OF THE DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. TOWARD THE END OF THE AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL DIMINISH...BUT THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY EVENING. MEANTIME OUT WEST...OROGRAPHIC SNOW MACHINE SHOULD STILL BE GOING IN THE SAWATCH RANGE...AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ON THE HIGH END OF ADVISORY CRITERIA AT AND NEAR RIDGETOP...WITH A FEW SPOTS RECEIVING UP TO A FOOT OF FRESH SNOW. -TLM- .LONG TERM... (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW THE UPR LOW OVR ERN KS SAT EVENING. THE NAM SHOWS NO PCPN OVR THE FAR SERN CO PLAINS FOR THE EVENING HOURS...WHILE THE GFS HAS SOME WRAP AROUND PCPN STILL OCCURRING...WL LEAVE SOME ISOLD TO SCT POPS OVR THE SERN PLAINS TO BE SAFE. THIS AREA WILL ALSO LIKELY STILL SEE SOME BLOWING SNOW. NRN EL PASO COUNTY SHOULD STILL BE WINDY EARLY IN THE EVENING AND WL MENTION AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. LOOKS LIKE SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY ALSO CONTINUE TO LINGER OVR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MTS. BY LATE NIGHT THE LOW SHOULD BE OVR MO AND PCPN SHOULD COME TO AN END ACRS THE FORECAST AREA. SUN THE FLOW ALOFT WL BE WESTERLY. BY AFTERNOON SOME MSTR IS EXPECTED TO BRING SOME SHOWERS TO THE SW AND CENTRAL MTS WHICH WL CONTINUE TO THE CASE THROUGH MONDAY. MUCH OF THE AREA SHOULD SEE SEASONAL MAX TEMPS BY MONDAY. TUE A NEW UPR TROF IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NV DURING THE DAY...AND THEN INTO UT WRN CO TUE NIGHT. THIS WL BRING INCREASING MSTR TO THE SW AND CENTRAL MTS FOR A BETTER CHANCE OF SNOW. WED THERE SHOULD BE A FAIRLY GOOD CHANCE FOR SNOW OVR THE MTS AS THE UPR TROF MOVES OVR THE AREA. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE DOWNSLOPE FLOW OVR ERN AREAS COULD KEEP THINGS DRY. BUT THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO EXACTLY HOW STRONG THIS SYSTEM WL BE. LATE WED AFTERNOON OR EARLY WED EVENING A SFC FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THRU THE SERN PLAINS. THU W TO NW FLOW CONTINUES OVR THE AREA...WITH LINGERING MSTR AND SHOWERS OVR THE SW AND CNTRL MTS. FRI ANOTHER SHRTWV TROF MAY SWING THRU THE AREA BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PCPN. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ089-093>099. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ058-060. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ066-068. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ084. && 13/28
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1147 AM MST FRI FEB 23 2007 COZ058>089-093>099-241900- 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- 1147 AM MST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND THE EASTERN PLAINS LATER TONIGHT... ...WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE PLAINS SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE PACIFIC COAST THIS MORNING WILL TRACK QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO EXPECTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WINDS...GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGH VALLEYS AND ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. PERIODS OF SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS FROM 30 TO 60 MPH WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW TO FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...HOWEVER...EVEN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH THE ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE PLAINS SATURDAY. A COMBINATION OF NORTH WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH AND SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH 6 INCHES...AND DRIFTS MAY BE MEASURED IN FEET. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL ALSO SEE WIND AND SNOW ON SATURDAY...BUT CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS SEVERE AS THOSE ON THE PLAINS FARTHER EAST. STILL...TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 4 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND LESS THAN 2 INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER TERRAIN...INCLUDING THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO TRINIDAD. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION AT TIMES THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. WHILE THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS COULD PICK UP SEVERAL INCHES OF NEW SNOW DURING THIS PERIOD... ACCUMULATIONS ELSEWHERE DO NOT LOOK SIGNIFICANT AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, February 2007
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: 16907, 16908, 16909, 16910, 16911, 16912, 16913, 16914.