A slow moving winter storm across the Four-Corners region generated impressive mountain snows. and the summit of Wolf Creek Pass and Wolf Creek Ski Area reported up to 45 inches of snow.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A slow moving winter storm across the Four-Corners region generated impressive mountain snows. Some of the higher amounts reported include...9 to 11 inches at Rosita and San Isabel in Custer County...Rye in Pueblo County...and La Veta in Huerfano County...and the summit of Wolf Creek Pass and Wolf Creek Ski Area reported up to 45 inches of snow. The snowfall over the eastern mountains was heavy...but occurred over a long period of time...so a warning was not necessary.
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 Jan 11, 8:35 PM MST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 835 PM MST THU JAN 11 2007 .UPDATE... IT APPEARS THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ICING OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS HAS DECREASED...AND THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO SHOW THIS. 00Z GUIDANCE IS INDICATING NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP IS GOING TO OCCUR ON THE PLAINS DURING THE NEXT 18 HOURS OR SO. ANY PRECIP THAT DOES OCCUR WILL LIKELY BE VERY LIGHT SNOW OR...TO A LESSER EXTENT...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. SIGNIFICANT FREEZING PRECIP IS NOT LIKELY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AS THE STORM MOVES CLOSER AND THE ATMS DEEPENS WITH MOISTURE...THEN THE THREAT OF STEADIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON THE PLAINS. SOME GOOD FRONTOGENESIS WAS INDICATED ON THE LATEST GUIDANCE ACROSS THE PLAINS. AS TYPICAL WITH THESE SITUTIONS...THE SW SAN JUANS SHOULD GET A HEALTHY DOSE OF SNOW. && HODANISH .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR COZ095>099. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ060-066-068. && 34
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MST THU JAN 11 2007 COZ058>089-093>099-122230- 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- 330 PM MST THU JAN 11 2007 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER HEADED FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. BEHIND THIS FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD AND LOW CLOUDS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA. WE WILL ALSO SEE LIGHT SNOW DEVELOP...WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE BY LATE NIGHT. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TONIGHT...BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PATCHY SLICK ROAD SURFACES...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW WILL ALSO INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TOWARD MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WHERE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A COMBINATION OF SNOW...ICE AND ARCTIC COLD WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN COLORADO INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA...AND EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SEE OVER 2 FEET OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL BRING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING BACA...PROWERS... BENT AND KIOWA COUNTIES HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING 1/4 INCH...BEGINNING FRIDAY AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL COME FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. ENOUGH ICE COULD ACCUMULATE TO SERIOUSLY HINDER TRAVEL...THREATEN UTILITIES AND DAMAGE TREES. BY SATURDAY NIGHT...FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SNOW...DEPOSITING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL ON TOP OF THE ICE THAT HAS ACCUMULATED. THIS COULD FURTHER BURDEN TRAVEL...UTILITIES AND TREES. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING THE I-25 CORRIDOR...THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter weather, 2 winter storm. 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, January 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: 11445, 11446, 12374, 12377, 12383, 12387.