A strong upper upper jet stream brought high winds to portions of Teller County and Pikes Peak with winds gusting over 75 mph.
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A strong upper upper jet stream brought high winds to portions of Teller County and Pikes Peak with winds gusting over 75 mph.
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 17, 10:27 PM MST, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1027 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 858 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014 UPDATED TO BRING IN CURRENT OBERVATIONAL DATA. LATEST MODEL DATA...INCLUDING NAM...HRRR AND RAP...CONTINUE TO INDICATE INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS FOR AREAS OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN...THOUGH KEEP THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE FROM 09Z THROUGH 15Z. STILL WAITING ON LATEST LOCAL WRF DATA BEFORE MAKING...IF ANY...CHANGES TO CURRENT HIGH WIND HIGHLIGHTS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 326 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014 MAINLY WIND CONCERNS AGAIN TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING AS FAST WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS COLORADO. WENT AHEAD AND UPGRADED TO A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR PIKES PEAK/RAMPART RANGE AREAS AS MODEL CROSS SECTIONS SHOW REASONABLY GOOD MOUNTAIN WAVE DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUE...WITH NEUTRAL SHEAR PROFILE FROM 03Z-15Z AND 60-70 KNOT WINDS GRADUALLY DESCENDING BELOW MOUNTAIN TOP LEVEL. PEAK WINDS LOOK TO OCCUR IN THE USUAL EARLY MORNING WINDOW...FROM 09Z-15Z. WINDS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-25...THOUGH SOME OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35-50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TOWARD SUNRISE. FARTHER SOUTH...CROSS SECTIONS LOOK LESS FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AS MOUNTAIN WAVE IS SLIGHTLY WEAKER...THOUGH USUAL WIND PRONE AREAS IN THE LEE OF THE SANGRES AND WETS WILL GUST TO 50-60 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS OF 30-50 MPH ALONG I-25. WINDS WILL KEEP MIN TEMPS MILD MOST LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY NEAR EASTERN MOUNTAIN SLOPES. ON TUESDAY...INCREASING FORWARD SHEAR SHOULD PUT AN END TO HIGH WIND THREAT BY 18Z...THOUGH MOUNTAINS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. ON THE PLAINS...WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH INTO WESTERN NEB BEHIND DEPARTING UPPER WAVE...WHICH WILL PUSH A WEAK COLD FRONT/WIND SHIFT SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY AS RH WILL BE VERY LOW...BUT MOST FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW PRONOUNCED WEAKENING OF LOW AND MID LEVEL WINDS EAST OF I-25 DURING THE DAY...SO ANY STRONG SURFACE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE LOCALIZED AND LIMITED TO HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE RATON MESA/TRINIDAD AREA. WITH FAIRLY DEEP MIXING...EXPECT HIGH TEMPS TO CLIMB ONCE AGAIN...AND READINGS WILL STAY WITHIN A FEW DEGF OF MONDAY'S MAXES. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 326 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014 TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...MODELS INDICATE THAT A DRY COLD FRONT WILL DROP DOWN THE EASTERN PLAINS TUE EVE...SWINGING SFC WINDS AROUND TO A MORE NE THEN E DIRECTION OVERNIGHT AND USHERING IN COOLER AIR. ON WED THE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL START TO SHIFT TO A MORE SW DIRECTION AHEAD OF THE NEXT SHORTWAVE. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS MODELS ARE SHOWING A SLIGHTLY SLOWER START OF PCPN ALONG THE CONTDVD...SO TAPERED POPS BACK TO SHOW ACTIVITY NOT BEGINNING IN EARNEST UNTIL BETWEEN 18Z-21Z. WED LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE 60S PUSHING 70 F FOR THE PLAINS AND IN THE 50S FOR THE HIGH VALLEYS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...THE NEXT SHORTWAVE CROSSES THE STATE STARTING WED NIGHT...AND THIS FEATURE LOOKS RATHER HEALTHY. THERE ARE SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES WHEN IT COMES TO TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT FOR THE PLAINS LATE WED NIGHT INTO THU MORN...BUT MODELS DO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR ADVISORY SNOW FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENT MTS THROUGH WED NIGHT. THERE IS EVEN A HINT AT PERHAPS SOME ADVISORY SNOW FOR THE PEAKS OF THE SANGRES AND WETS FOR THU...BUT THERE IS LESS CONFIDENCE IN THAT SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. LOOK FOR A SIGNIFICANT COOL DOWN FOR THU WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE 30S AND 40S. AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...THERE IS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT EARLY THU MORNING. NORTHERLY WINDS DRIVING THE FRONT WILL BE STOUT WITH GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH POSSIBLE...AND MORESO FURTHER EAST TOWARDS THE KANSAS STATE LINE. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE SHORTWAVE EXITS THE STATE THU NIGHT...AND BOTH THE EC AND GFS MODELS PAINT NW FLOW ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE WEEKEND INTO MON WITH A NUMBER OF SHORTWAVES SWEEPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. AT THIS TIME...THESE FEATURES ARE BEING PUSHED TO THE NORTH SO JUST THE CENTRAL MTS MAY SEE ISOLATED SNOW AT TIMES. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE AREA FRI NIGHT...PROVIDING FOR ANOTHER COOL DAY ON SAT. MOORE && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1024 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014 VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT COS...PUB AND ALS THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED OVER AND NEAR THE EASTERN MTS...WITH THE STRONGWEST WINDS WEST OF I-25. STILL CAN SEE WEST WINDS GUSTING 30-35KT AT COS AND PUB THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE WINDS SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AS A WEAK COLD FRONT SLIDES DOWN THE EASTERN PLAINS. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY FOR COZ081-082. && UPDATE...MW SHORT TERM...PETERSEN LONG TERM...MOORE AVIATION...MW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 748 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-190300- 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- 748 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER AND NEAR THE RAMPART RANGE OF TELLER COUNTY AND EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE RAMPART RANGE...WHILE THE LEE SLOPES WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 COULD SEE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE WITH WINDS THIS STRONG. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS TELLER COUNTY AND EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY...SPREADING SNOW INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE UNSEASONABLY WARM ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NORTH WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 50 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT. LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WHILE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN AND HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE STRENGTH AND TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...IT APPEARS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS AND COULD PICK UP SEVERAL INCHES OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW BY MID DAY THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT OVER TELLER AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES. 23/23
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
135 AM MST TUE FEB 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0105 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NNE PETERSON AFB 38.89N 104.68W
02/18/2014 M62 MPH EL PASO CO BROADCAST MEDIA
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KAMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
136 AM MST TUE FEB 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 S AIR FORCE ACADEMY 38.93N 104.85W
02/18/2014 M69 MPH EL PASO CO MESONET
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KAMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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