and northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A strong weather disturbance generated heavy snow accumulations of greater than 8 inches across the higher elevations of the eastern Sawatch Range...and La Garita...eastern San Juan...and northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
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 Apr 7, 10:25 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1125 PM MDT SUN APR 7 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 753 PM MDT SUN APR 7 2013 CANCELLED RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 357 PM MDT SUN APR 7 2013 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER CONTINUES... HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR. WINDS HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO GUST OVER 25 MPH IN THESE AREAS WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RUNNING 10-15 PERCENT. A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...BUT NOT ENOUGH THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO CARRY IN THE GRIDS. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS MAY HELP TO KICK UP WIND GUSTS LOCALLY. ON MONDAY...MORE HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE PLAINS. RED FLAG WARNING NOW INCLUDES ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...EXCEPT FOR EL PASO AND KIOWA COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT EXPECTED. SEVERE THREAT STILL THERE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH MODELS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PUSH IT A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH. SHEAR STILL LOOKS GREAT FOR ROTATING CONVECTION. SPC HAS KIOWA...PROWERS AND PART OF BENT COUNTY IN THE SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER AREA. POTENTIAL CONTINUES WITH STRONG DISTURBANCE APPROACHING DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND DRY LINE IN THE VICINITY. THE SNOW WILL START TO FLY IN THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WARM INITIALLY...BUT COLDER WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW KICKING IN BY LATE IN THE DAY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. HERE IT COMES. LW .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 357 PM MDT SUN APR 7 2013 (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING WINTER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH UPPER LOW MOVING THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AT THE SURFACE...A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SURFACE WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH BEHIND THIS FRONT WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW CAUSING WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY INTO NORTHEAST PUEBLO...CROWLEY...OTERO AND KIOWA COUNTIES. THE HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL COINCIDE WITH MORNING TRAVEL. SOME OF THESE AREAS MAY NEED A WINTER STORM WATCH LATER TONIGHT OR MONDAY SO THAT TRAVELERS ARE ALERTED TO THE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PLENTY OF COLD AIR ALOFT WITH THIS SYSTEM AS WELL AS DECENT ISENTROPIC LIFT ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS. DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IF THE DYNAMICS WILL OVERCOME THE DOWNSLOPE OFF THE PALMER DIVIDE. ALSO WARM GROUND MAY COME INTO PLAY AS WELL AS THE TIME OF DAY. NAM AND GFS KEEP DECENT PERIOD OF SNOW OVER SOUTHERN EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST 18Z TUESDAY BEFORE DOWNSLOPE OVERCOMES THE DYNAMICS. ANOTHER CONCERN WILL BE LOW TEMPS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. LATEST MODEL RUNS KEEP CLOUD COVER IN PLACE WHICH WILL INHIBIT RADIATIONAL COOLING. STILL TEMPS WILL BE WELL BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES AND MAY CATCH SOME EARLY GARDENERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. WEDNESDAY LOOKS TO BE A RAW BLUSTERY DAY WITH BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS AND UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WITH AFTERNOON SUN...COULD SEE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL SEE CLEARING SKIES AND PROBABLY THE COLDEST NIGHT THIS WEEK. CERTAINLY TEMPS WILL BE WELL BELOW FREEZING. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT KEEPS A COUPLE SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE AND TEMPS WARMING SLIGHTLY. WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT SETS UP WITH JET SETTING UP TO OUR NORTH FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. STARK && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1125 PM MDT SUN APR 7 2013 VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT KCOS...KPUB AND KALS THRU THE PERIOD. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AT ALL THREE TAF SITES ON MONDAY. THEY SHOULD BEGIN INCREASING IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS AND BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND COULD AFFECT THE TAF SITES MAINLY AFTER 20Z. AFTER 03Z A FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH KCOS AND KPUB...BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 35 KTS. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR COZ228>233- 235>237. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ072>075-079>082. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ058-060-066-068. BLIZZARD WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ084. && UPDATE...28 SHORT TERM...LW LONG TERM...STARK AVIATION...28
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 804 PM MDT SUN APR 7 2013 COZ058>089-093>099-081400- 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- 804 PM MDT SUN APR 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND SPOTTY AND MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A STRONG WINTER LIKE STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING MULTIPLE WEATHER HAZARDS TO THE AREA. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY FUELS TO PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. THERE IS ALSO A RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER KIOWA COUNTY. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AT THIS TIME WITH REGARDS TO MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...BUT IF THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER...THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR TUESDAY MORNING. SURFACE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT COULD GUST TO NEAR 65 MPH...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS...THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF SNOWFALL TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE FAVORED AREAS WILL BE THE PALMER DIVIDE...EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND RATON RIDGE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE LIKELY OVER MOUNTAIN AREAS...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND PIKES PEAK REGION. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. LESS THAN 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. SNOW ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE PLAINS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. THOSE WITH SENSITIVE PLANTS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS THAT ARE TURNED ON...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY. LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DUE TO PERSISTENT NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL LIKELY BRING AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. 23/23
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, April 2013
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: 447639, 447640, 447638, 447642, 447641.