A strong upper level jet stream brought high winds across the eastern mountains and adjacent terrain. to over 60 mph in adjacent lower terrain of the I-25 corridor.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A strong upper level jet stream brought high winds across the eastern mountains and adjacent terrain. Winds gusted over 75 mph across northwest El Paso County at the Air Force Academy and higher terrain...to over 60 mph in adjacent lower terrain of the I-25 corridor.
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 14, 10:30 PM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1030 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 923 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 LATEST MODEL DATA CONTINUES TO POINT TO INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. LATEST SOUNDINGS AND MODEL CROSS SECTIONS DO INDICATE A MTN TOP INVERSION SETTING UP THOUGH DO NOT INDICATE A CLASSIC STRONG DOWNSLOPE MTN WAVE WITH TOO MUCH FORWARD SHEAR AS WINDS ALOFT CONTINUE TO INCREASE. WITH THAT SAID...H7 WINDS OF 45-55KTS WILL SUPPORT SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN MTNS...ESPECIALLY THE RAMPART RANGE...THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THOUGH DOES NOT LOOK WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO GO WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING AT THIS TIME. UPDATE ISSUED AT 620 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 UPDATED TO BRING IN LATEST OBSERVATIONS. STILL CONCERNED ABOUT STRONG WIND POTENTIAL OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION. ALSO...HRRR STILL BRINGS IN STRATUS ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION THIS EVENING...THOUGH WITH INCREASING WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...NOT SURE WILL SEE IFR CONDITIONS AT COS. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR OBSERVATIONS AND NEWEST MODEL DATA THROUGH THE EVENING. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 321 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 MAIN CONCERNS ARE THE WINDS MAINLY OVR AND NR THE MTS...BLOWING SNOW IN THE CENTRAL MTS AND HIGH TEMPS OVR THE ERN PLAINS ON SAT. MODERATE WEST TO NW WINDS ALOFT WILL BE FOUND OVR THE AREA TONIGHT AND SAT. OVR AND NR THE ERN MTNS TONIGHT THE H7 WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 50-60 KTS. CROSS-SECTIONS OVR THE AREA DO NOT SHOW FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR A MTN WAVE...BUT WITH SUCH STRONG WINDS ALOFT THERE WILL STILL BE STRONG WINDS OVR THE MTNS AND ALONG AND NR THE ERN SLOPES OF THE ERN MTS...BUT NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR A WIND HIGHLIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG WINDS WL CONTINUE THRU THE MORNING HOURS ON SAT...BUT BY AFTERNOON THE WINDS ALOFT DECREASE. THERE WL CONTINUE TO BE SOME MSTR STREAMING INTO THE CENTRAL MTNS TONIGHT AND SAT MORNING. WL KEEP SOME HIGH POPS OVR THE CENTRAL MTS THRU THE NIGHT... DECREASING THEM IN THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DO NOT LOOK SIGNIFICANT...MAYBE 2-5 INCHES OVR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY AND WRN CHAFFEE COUNTY. THE MAIN CONCERN IN THESE AREAS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. WILL ISSUE A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR ZONES 58 AND 60 FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 321 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 A TRANSIENT UPPER RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE CWA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES IMPACTS THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST AND WEAKER WAVE BRINGS SOME SNOW TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SUNDAY BEFORE THE NEXT SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN WY/NORTHERN CO SUNDAY NIGHT. COULD SEE A QUICK COUPLE OF INCHES IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BEFORE THIS WAVE MOVES OUT. THIS STRONGER SHORTWAVE DRIVES A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT LEAVING TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER MONDAY. NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED HOWEVER AS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. ANOTHER CONCERN WILL BE THE WINDS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND WIND PRONE LOCATIONS IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. COULD SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT GUSTS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. PROGRESSIVE ZONAL FLOW SETS UP MONDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S AND 60S ON THE PLAINS WITH 30S AND 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. THE ENERGY STAYS WELL NORTH OF THE CWA DURING THIS PERIOD...SO NOT EXPECTING PRECIPITATION. THE NEXT TROF SETS UP OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS NEXT TROUGH COULD BRING THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE PLAINS. HAVE INTRODUCED SOME LOW POPS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE FOR FRIDAY. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY TO THE TIMING OF THIS TROUGH AND EXACTLY HOW FAR SOUTH IT WILL SET UP. STARK && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1030 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 PASSING HIGH CLOUDS AND INCREASING DOWNSLOPE FLOW ALOFT LOOKS TO KEEP STRATUS FROM DEVELOPING AT COS AND PUB WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD AT ALL TAF SITES. WILL SEE WEST WINDS INCREASING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SOME STRONG GUSTS OF 40-50 KTS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR...STRONGEST CLOSEST TO THE MTS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BACK ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE AT COS AND PUB AFT 20Z. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ058-060. && UPDATE...MW SHORT TERM...28 LONG TERM...STARK AVIATION...MW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 328 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-152230- 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- 328 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. MOUNTAIN TOP WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY ABOVE TREE LINE. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES TOWARDS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SNOW TO CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SUNDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WIND PRONE AREAS. GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE WINDS COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN BE LIKELY ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES...AND WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER AND NEAR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. 28/40
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1144 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 COZ072>088-151100- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1144 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER AND NEAR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH STRONG GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH DEVELOPING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE OF EASTERN TELLER AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
158 AM MST SAT FEB 15 2014
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0149 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 S PETERSON AFB 38.81N 104.70W
02/15/2014 M58 MPH EL PASO CO ASOS
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KAMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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