A storm system produced heavy snow over many portions of southern Colorado. 15 inches near the summit of Monarch Pass (Chaffee County) and 28 inches at the summit of Wolf Creek Pass (Mineral County).
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A storm system produced heavy snow over many portions of southern Colorado. Some of the higher reported snow totals within the warning areas included...15 inches near the summit of Monarch Pass (Chaffee County) and 28 inches at the summit of Wolf Creek Pass (Mineral County). Other snow totals over the course of a few days included 5 to 7 inches near Pueblo and Pueblo West (Pueblo County)...Leadville (Lake County)... Westcliffe and Rosita (Custer County) and Fountain (El Paso County). Eight to 10 inches of snow was observed near Beulah (Pueblo County) and Rocky Ford (Otero County). A few spots near Colorado Springs (El Paso County) and La Junta (Otero County) recorded around a foot of snow.
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 Nov 13, 5:03 AM MST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 503 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 333 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014 ...SNOW WINDS DOWN BUT COLD CONTINUES FOR THE PLAINS... ...HEAVY SNOW BEGINS MOVING INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY... THE SNOW FROM A SHALLOW MOIST LAYER IS BEGINNING TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING. TEMPS UNDER THE STRATUS ARE STILL IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...WHILE TEMPS OVER EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES HAVE PLUMMETED INTO THE SINGLE AND DOUBLE DIGIT NEGATIVES...AS SKIES HAVE CLEARED OVER OUR NRN CWA. IT WILL BE A BONE CHILLING MORNING FOR ALL OF OUR AREA. WILL ISSUE A SHORT-LIVED WIND CHILL ADVISORY OVER NRN EL PASO COUNTY...THROUGH 16Z. THIS IS WHERE TEMPS ARE CURRENTLY WELL BELOW ZERO. FORTUNATELY...WINDS ARE GENERALLY LIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE PLAINS. JUST A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SANGRES...SPANISH PEAKS...AND SRN I-25 CORRIDOR. OTHERWISE WE WILL SEE IMPROVING CONDITIONS...BUT CONTINUED VERY COLD WITH TEMPS NOT LIKELY TO GET MUCH ABOVE THE LOWER 20S FOR MOST OF THE PLAINS...WHILE THE HIGH VALLEYS CONTINUE TO BASK IN 30S AND 40S. THE MORNING CLEARING OVER THE PLAINS WILL PROBABLY NOT LAST VERY LONG AS MORE MID LEVEL MOISTURE BEGINS TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST...AND WITH THE SNOW COVER ANY CLEARING WILL JUST HELP GENERATE MORE CLOUDS. SO...THE CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST AND KEEP US PRETTY COLD TODAY. OVER THE CENTRAL MTS...THE SNOW WILL REALLY GET GOING ESPECIALLY OVER THE SAWATCH RANGE NORTH OF KMYP...AS MOIST WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES. NOT AS MUCH SNOW EXPECTED OVER THE SW MTS...BUT SOME AREAS SOUTH OF 160 COULD PICK UP A FEW INCHES TODAY. BEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE OVER THE THE PEAKS IN LAKE COUNTY...WHERE THE HIGHER PEAKS COULD PICK UP IN EXCESS OF A FOOT OF SNOW BY FRI MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING LOOKS ON TARGET THERE. ONLY CHANGE IN THE WINTER HEADLINES WILL BE TO ADD A COUPLE ADVISORIES FOR THE MID- RANGE ELEVATIONS IN LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...MAINLY FOR SPILL- OVER SNOWFALL. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT TONIGHT AND SNOW COVER WILL LIKELY KEEP TEMPS WELL BELOW GUIDANCE BY FRI MORNING. HAVE ALREADY LOWERED THE MINS FOR THE ARKANSAS VALLEY FOR TONIGHT...BUT DEPENDING ON THE TRENDS IN SKY COVERAGE...THE LATER SHIFTS MAY HAVE TO LOWER THINGS FURTHER. PRECIP SHOULD STAY CONFINED TO THE MTS...WITH CONTINUED HEAVY SNOW OVER THE SAWATCH...AND SCT SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE ERN RANGES. TEMPS ALOFT CONTINUE TO MODERATE AND THIS WILL SET US UP FOR A COUPLE DAYS OF BEARABLE WX BEFORE THE NEXT SURGE OF COLD AIR ARRIVES LATE SATURDAY. ROSE .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 333 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014 ...MORE WINTER WEATHER FOR ALL OF THE REGION THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY... FRIDAY... WE WILL SEE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SNOW OVER THE CONTDVD. IT STILL WILL LIKELY BE SNOWING...BUT THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOW WILL BE LESS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOW WILL PICK UP OVER THE PLAIN...WE WILL LIKELY SEE A FAIRLY SHARP GRADIENT IN TEMPERATURES. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...GUIDANCE HAS BEEN INDICATING THE ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE RATON MESA AND GREATER SPANISH PEAKS AREA. PLACES SUCH AS TRINIDAD...WALSENBURG AND COLORADO CITY MAY SEE HIGHS REACHING AROUND 50...WHILE PUEBLO...LA JUNTA...LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE 30S. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY MAY ALSO SEE THE ARCTIC AIR SLIP DOWN TO LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND A FEW 40S MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SUCH AS MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST AND CALHAN. IN A NUTSHELL...AREAS BELOW ROUGHLY 6000 FEET ON THE PLAINS WILL REMAIN IN THE ARCTIC AIR MASS WHILE AREAS OF THE PLAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL LIKELY WARM UP. FRIDAY EVENING... WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL DEVELOP ON THE PLAINS AND WE WILL LIKELY SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW DEVELOP. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP WILL GENERALLY BE EAST OF A LA JUNTA TO KIM LINE. AN INCH OR TWO COULD FALL BY SUNRISE OVER THE FAR E PLAINS. OVER THE MTNS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING ACROSS THE CENTRAL MTNS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY. SATURDAY... THE LAST IN A SERIES OF ARCTIC INTRUSIONS WILL BE COMING DOWN THE PLAINS DURING HE DAY SATURDAY. MODELS ARE SHOWING SOME DIFFERENCES IT TIMING WITH THE GFS HAVING THE BOUNDARY DOWN ALONG THE NEW MEXICO BORDER BY 18Z SAT WHILE THE NAM IS ABOUT 4 TO 5 HOURS SLOWER. IN EITHER CASE...PRECIP WILL BE RAMPING UP ALONG THE PALMER DVD BY AFTERNOON AND WILL INCREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ON THE PLAINS WILL RAPIDLY DROP AFTER THE FRONT GOES BY AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE LIKELY. SNOW ACROSS THE SW MTNS WILL DECREASE DURING SATURDAY BUT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. IT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY ACROSS THE C MTNS. SATURDAY EVENING... AS SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE DROPS TOWARDS THE 4 CORNERS...FLOW ALOFT SHIFTS FROM W-NW TO W-SW. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW TO RAMP UP ACROSS ALL OF THE CONTDVD ONCE AGAIN. I SHOULD NOTE THAT AT THIS TIME THERE ARE NO WINTER WEATHER HILITES IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN JUANS DURING THE GREATER SAT EVENING TIME FRAME. IF THE SIMULATIONS DO VERIFY...THEN IT IS LIKELY THAT LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO ISSUE ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HILITES FOR THE SAN JUANS FOR THE LATE SAT-EARLY SUNDAY TIME FRAME. OVER THE PLAINS..THIS WILL BE THE TIME PERIOD WHERE THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR. SEVERAL FAVORABLE FACTORS WILL COME INTO PLAY INCLUDING UPSLOPE UP TO 700 MBS...DEEP MOISTURE...FAVORABLE LIFT FROM THE SHORT WAVE AND THE COLD AIR MASS. FOR NOW HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IN THE NDFD OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE S MTNS AND ADJACENT PLAINS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE FAR EAST PLAINS WILL ALSO SEE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS EVENT. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THESE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE INCREASED IN LATER FORECAST AND WINTER ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE PLAINS SAT NITE. TEMPS ON THE PLAINS SAT NITE WILL FALL ONCE AGAIN INTO THE SINGLE POSITIVE DIGITS AS THE ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN OVER THE REGION. THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WILL ITS BEST OF CHANCE OF SNOW AS THIS TROUGH GOES BY SAT NITE...AND ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE VALLEY FLOOR. SUNDAY... ANY PRECIP WILL BE EXITING THE STATE DURING THE MORNING. IT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE COLD SUNDAY WITH HIGHS NOT GETTING ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE PLAINS. NEXT WEEK... THE ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN EXITING OUT OF THE REGION ON MONDAY. IT WILL STILL BE COLD MONDAY...BUT HIGHS SHOULD GET ABOVE FREEZING OVER MOST OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. DRY WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. BY TUESDAY....HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 40S PLAINS AND VALLEYS. BY WED EXPECT HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S AND BY THURSDAY WE SHOULD BE BACK INTO THE L50S. \/HODANISH && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 333 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014 CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TODAY. HOWEVER...WITH PLENTY OF RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...THERE WILL STILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED PERIODS OF MVFR CIGS AT KCOS AND KPUB TODAY...AND POTENTIALLY SOME BRIEF STRETCHES OF IFR. CLEARING CONDITIONS TONIGHT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO SOME FG OR BR AT THE TERMINALS LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY FRI MORNING. KALS WILL REMAIN ABOVE THE COLD AIR AND SHOULD STAY VFR THROUGH THE NEXT 24-30 HOURS. ROSE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ059-061. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR COZ072>075-078>080-083-086>088. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ058-060. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ066-068. WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR COZ084. && SHORT TERM...ROSE LONG TERM...HODANISH AVIATION...ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 634 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-141345- 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- 634 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BITTER COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE LOWER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS THIS MORNING. THROUGH MID MORNING...WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANYONE WHO HAS TO BE OUTSIDE THIS MORNING SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP WARM AND PROTECT SKIN FROM FROSTBITE. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE UNDER AN INCH. OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. A COUPLE OF INCHES ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50...WHILE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE TO THE NORTH...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SAWATCH RANGE NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR FRIDAY...SNOW WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SNOW LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT THE SNOW WILL PICK UP ONCE AGAIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE DIVIDE. DURING FRIDAY NIGHT...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OCCURRING OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ON SATURDAY...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. AFTER THE FRONT GOES BY...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET ONCE AGAIN. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PLAINS AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN AREAS. THE BEST CHANCE OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL BE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS ADJACENT TO THE PLAINS...AND THE I-25 CORRIDOR REGION. SUNDAY WILL BE COLD ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH SNOW ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. 44/34
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
658 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 AM SNOW 2 WSW ROSITA 38.09N 105.36W
11/13/2014 M7.3 INCH CUSTER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0655 AM SNOW 5 W WESTCLIFFE 38.13N 105.56W
11/13/2014 M6.5 INCH CUSTER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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RMGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
731 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0729 AM SNOW 5 NNE SPANISH PEAKS 37.45N 104.92W
11/13/2014 M4.5 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL
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RMGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
742 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0739 AM SNOW 1 S BEULAH 38.07N 104.98W
11/13/2014 M9.0 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY EVENING.
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RMGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
820 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW 7 ESE TEXAS CREEK 38.37N 105.46W
11/13/2014 M4.1 INCH FREMONT CO TRAINED SPOTTER
FELL OVER PAST 24 HOURS.
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KLTThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 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, November 2014
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