A storm system produced over 8 inches of snow across the higher elevations of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Wet Mountains, and Pikes Peak. Isolated snow totals greater than 6 inches occurred in Teller County and northern El Paso County.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A storm system produced over 8 inches of snow across the higher elevations of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Wet Mountains, and Pikes Peak. Isolated snow totals greater than 6 inches occurred in Teller County and northern El Paso 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 Oct 7, 2:40 PM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 554 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011 COZ058>089-093>099-090000- 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- 554 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A POTENT FALL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE 4 CORNERS REGION THIS EVENING...BRINGING A VARIETY OF WEATHER HAZARDS TO SOUTHERN COLORADO. THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE NEAR THE COLORADO KANSAS BORDER...PRODUCING HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR MORE...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY EVEN A TORNADO. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS AND PIKES PEAK. AS COLD AIR SETTLES IN WITH THIS SYSTEM...SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO AROUND 6000 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY...EXPECT ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK AND SNOW PACKED OVERNIGHT...PARTICULARLY ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE SAWATCH...LA GARITAS...AND EASTERN SAN JUANS...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THREE TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS GENERALLY ABOVE 10000 FEET...FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE SATURDAY. LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE ABOUT 7000 FEET. TRAVELERS AND RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. HEAVY WET SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN FALLEN TREE LIMBS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR POWER OUTAGES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. 50/77
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 553 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011 COZ099-080130- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 553 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011 THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER BACA COUNTY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO MAY OCCUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS BACA...PROWERS AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. HODANISH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, October 2011
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: 351489, 351490, 351491, 351493.