and the eastern San Juan Mountains. Some of the higher reported amounts included 13 inches at Maysville (Chaffee County) and 28 inches near Leadville (Lake County).
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A weather disturbance brought a period of high winds to the eastern mountains and adjacent terrain...and periods of heavy snow across the eastern Sawatch and Mosquito Ranges...and the eastern San Juan Mountains. Some of the higher reported amounts included 13 inches at Maysville (Chaffee County) and 28 inches near Leadville (Lake 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 Jan 29, 12:27 PM MST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1227 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1227 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014 UPDATED FORECAST FOR CURRENT OBSERVATIONS WITH QUITE A DICHOTOMY OF TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID 40S TO MID 50S ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES TO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS SNOW COVERED AREAS OF THE LOWER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY...WHERE HAVE LOWERED EXPECTED MAX TEMPS FOR TODAY...WITH LESS MIXING THAN EXPECTED. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 344 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 NW FLOW ALOFT WL BE OVR THE AREA TODAY AND WL BE DRY THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY. THEN DURING THE AFTERNOON...MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE CENTRAL MTNS...WITH MAYBE SOME ISOLD SNOW SHOWERS OVR THE SW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE REST OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN DRY TODAY. WEST TO SW ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SERN MTS AND PLAINS...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS OVR AND NR THE MTNS AND LIGHTER WINDS OVR THE PLAINS. HIGH TEMPS TODAY COULD BE A BIT TRICKY IN SNOW COVERED AREAS OVER THE PLAINS... MAINLY FROM HIGHWAY 50 AND NORTHWARD. WL MAINLY GO ON THE LOW SIDE OF GUIDANCE IN THESE LOCATIONS. TONIGHT THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES WESTERLY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS ALONG SOME OF THE ERN MTS BECOMES AN ISSUE. THE STRONGEST H7 WINDS LATER TONIGHT ARE OVER THE SRN SANGRES...AND WRF CROSS-SECTIONS SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR ABOUT 70KT WINDS TO REACH THE SFC NR THESE SRN MTS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ABUNDANT MSTR CONTINUES TO STREAM INTO THE CENTRAL MTS AND STARTS TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MTNS LATE TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH OROGRAPHICS WL NOT BE ALL THAT FAVORABLE IN THAT AREA TONIGHT. A FEW TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER LAKE COUNTY AND THE WESTERN MTNS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 344 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW ON TRACK FOR THE MOUNTAINS... ...SNOW ALSO POSSIBLE FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE FRIDAY... ACTIVE PERIOD OF WX CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEK...AS A STRONG PACIFIC JET AND MOISTURE FROM A PINEAPPLE EXPRESS MOVE THROUGH CO. FIRST WX CONCERN WILL BE HIGH WIND POTENTIAL EARLY THURSDAY. BASED ON X-SECTIONS...THIS POTENTIAL APPEARS GREATEST BEFORE 18Z ON THU FROM LA VETA PASS SWD ACROSS THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION AND ERN SLOPES OF THE SRN SANGRES. THIS IS WHERE STRONGEST CROSS BARRIER FLOW IS IN THE H7-H6 LAYER...WITH GENERALLY WEST WINDS AT 60-70 KTS. XSECTIONS INDICATE REVERSE SHEAR AND INCREASED MT WAVE ACTIVITY FOR THIS TIME ACROSS THE ERN SLOPES. COULD ALSO SEE SOME STRONG GAP FLOWS IN THE TRADITIONALLY WINDY SPOTS ALONG AND W OF I-25 SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY. HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR MT WAVES WILL BE ACROSS THE SRN SANGRES...SO WILL ISSUE A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THIS AREA THROUGH THU MORNING. OVER THE CONTDVD... HEAVY SNOWS WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE COLLEGIATES/SAWATCH RANGE ON THU. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THIS AREA LOOKS ON TRACK...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF 1-3 FEET OF SNOW IN THE MTS. AS THE JET DROPS SWD...SNOW POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE SWRN MTS...ESPECIALLY THE SAN JUANS. HAVE CONVERTED THE WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THE HIGHER SAN JUANS ZONE. LA GARITAS AND LOWER ELEVATIONS TO THE NORTH SHOULD SEE SOLID ADVISORY AMTS SO HAVE ADDED SOME SN ADVISORIES THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THIS REGION. LOOKS LIKE THE ENTIRE DVD WILL GET IN ON THE ACT...JUST A MATTER OF WHERE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMS WILL LAND...AND THE FAVORED WRN SLOPES ARE THE BEST BET. WRN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY COULD ALSO SEE SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW BUT THUS FAR IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE MOST PART IT WILL BE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. LIKEWISE...THE UPPER ARKANSAS N OF SALIDA COULD POTENTIALLY SEE SOME DECENT ACCUMS...JUST A MATTER OF HOW MUCH SNOW SPILLS OVER THE CREST. IT WILL NOT BE A SAFE TIME TO BE TRAVELING OVER THE PASSES. TRICKIEST PART OF THE FORECAST WILL COME THU NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...E OF THE MTS. BOTH NCEP MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW BANDED PRECIP DEVELOPING OVER ERN CO WITH THE JET AND LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE. ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS AT ~300K SHOWS GOOD UPGLIDE ESPECIALLY EARLY FRIDAY. A CONSENSUS APPEARS TO BE EMERGING WITH BEST PRECIP POTENTIAL ALONG THE PALMER DVD FROM NRN EL PASO EWD TO KIOWA COUNTY. THE NAM HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN PROGGING 5-10 INCHES OF SNOW POTENTIAL THROUGH FRI...WHILE THE GFS HAS CONSIDERABLY LESS PRECIP. NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS JUST YET...BUT IF THE MODELS TREND TOWARDS THE NAM SOLUTION THIS COULD MEAN WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA SNOW FOR THESE ZONES...SO WILL BEAR CLOSE ATTENTION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MODEL RUNS. WILL STAY FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE FOR NOW WITH AMTS IN THE 3-5 INCH RANGE FOR THE DVD...AND 2-3 INCHES FOR VC KCOS. COULD SEE A BIT OF A MIX IN PRECIP ALONG THE FRONTAL ZONE AND SWD THRU PUEBLO COUNTY FRI...BUT MUCH WILL DEPEND ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE COLD AIR CAN ADVANCE. LIGHT PRECIP POTENTIAL CONTINUES ON SAT...AS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL UPPER LOWS MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL/NRN ROCKIES. LATEST RUNS INDICATE THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP OVER THE SRN MTS SAT NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. THEN...ANOTHER LOW MOVES IN THROUGH THE DESERT SW ON MONDAY. THE ECMWF TAKES THIS SYSTEM WELL TO OUR SOUTH...WHILE THE GFS IS A BIT FARTHER NORTH...OVER CENTRAL NM. WITH EITHER SOLUTION...THE BETTER PRECIP LOOKS TO BE MAINLY TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. THE GFS BRINGS A BIT BETTER CHANCE OF PRECIP WITH THE NRN BRANCH OF THE TROUGH...AND APPEARS TO HAVE A BIT MORE CONSISTENCY IN THIS SOLUTION. WILL MAINTAIN GENERALLY LOW POPS THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...WITH MUCH DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THESE LOWS. IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A PRETTY ACTIVE PERIOD OF WX THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ROSE && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1049 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TAF SITE OVER NEXT 24 HOURS WITH INCREASING MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. WILL SEE SNOW DEVELOPING LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL MTS AND INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ALONG THE CONTDVD TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW AS A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM STARTS TO MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH EXPECTED MTN WAVE TURBULANCE TONIGHT ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE. THE STRONGER WEST WINDS LOOK TO STAY WEST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR...WITH POSSIBLE LLWS AT COS TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT LOOKS TO BACK ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW...WITH WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE AT COS AND PUB THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ064-066-067. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ068. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ058>061. HIGH WIND WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR COZ074-075. && UPDATE...MW SHORT TERM...28 LONG TERM...ROSE AVIATION...MW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 600 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-301300- 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- 600 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING THIS AFTERNOON OVER LAKE COUNTY AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY. THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOWFALL FOR LAKE COUNTY AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES. TONIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THIS AREA AND WILL SPREAD TO THE REST OF CHAFFEE COUNTY. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY. HOWEVER...LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY WILL LIKELY SEE 3 TO 8 INCHES OVERNIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FALLING ON WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD TONIGHT OVER THE REST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ALTHOUGH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND SURROUNDING AREAS MAY SEE JUST A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW. LATE TONIGHT THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. GUSTS OF 65 TO 75 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION AND SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SHIFT SOUTHWARD TO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. LOW VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE PASSES. AVALANCHE DANGER WILL INCREASE CONSIDERABLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PIKES PEAK REGIONS...WHICH POTENTIALLY COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS IF HEAVY BANDS OF SNOW DEVELOP ON FRIDAY. ALL OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS AND PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 COULD SEE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS WEEKEND. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OVER THE WEEKEND BUT WILL LIKELY NOT BE AS INTENSE. ANOTHER SYSTEM COULD BRING MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE AREA ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...AND WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT OVER LAKE AND ALL OF CHAFFEE COUNTIES. REPORTING CRITERIA WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER AND NEAR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...AND OVER AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. 28/44
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 high wind, 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 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, January 2014
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: 494963, 494964, 494961, 494962, 496825, 496827, 496829, 496830, 496832, 496834, 496841, 494965, 496835.