A strong spring storm moving across Colorado generated significant rain as well as heavy snow across the higher elevations. Snow totals across the higher elevations of the eastern mountains were over a foot.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A strong spring storm moving across Colorado generated significant rain as well as heavy snow across the higher elevations. Snow totals across the higher elevations of the eastern mountains were over a foot. Some of the higher reported snow totals at lower elevations included five inches near Westcliffe (Custer County) and six inches at Woodland Park (Teller 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 Apr 26, 10:37 AM MST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1137 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1101 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 UPDATED TO START WWY FOR ZONE 76 NOW AND ADDED ZONE 63 TO THE WWY AS WELL. UPDATE ISSUED AT 955 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 UPDATED POPS BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 346 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIP TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN MTNS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG WITH THE RATON MESA REGION... CURRENTLY... FULL LATITUDE TROUGH WAS LOCATED FROM N IDAHO...SWD ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO OLD MEXICO. SYSTEM WAS JUST ABOUT TO BEGIN TO CLOSE OFF ACROSS NE ARIZ BASED ON LATEST SHORT RUN HI RES PRGS. ACROSS THE REGION...WAA WAS FIRING OFF CONVECTION FROM JUST N OF KCOS INTO NORTHEAST COLO. LOW CIGS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SE COLO PLAINS. MOISTURE WAS NOT AN ISSUE WITH THIS SYSTEM AS 50 DWPTS WERE NOTED OVER THE FAR SE COLO PLAINS AND THIS MOISTURE WAS ADVANCING WWD TOWARDS THE MTNS. TODAY... LATEST GUIDANCE IS NOW INDICATING THE STORM TRACK WILL BE A BIT FARTHER SOUTH THAN EARLIER RUNS. THIS WILL MEAN THAT THE HEAVIEST QPF WILL BE A BIT FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST. IT APPEARS THAT THE PLAINS GENERALLY EAST OF I-25 AND AREAS NORTH OF THE LAS ANIMAS/BACA COUNTY BORDERS WILL NOT SEE AS MUCH PRECIP AS EARLIER PROJECTED. HOWEVER...WE DO EXPECT VERY HEAVY PRECIP TO FALL OVER THE WET MTNS...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MTNS AND THE NEARBY VALLEYS. THE IMMEDIATE PLAINS ADJ TO THESE MTNS WILL ALSO SEE IMPRESSIVE QPF VALUES. ELSEWHERE FOR TODAY...THE CONTDVD REGION WILL SEE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...HOWEVER VALLEY REGIONS SHOULD BE PREDOMINANTLY RAIN WITH THIS EVENT GIVEN THE SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTHERN TRACK. THE BRUNT OF THE HEAVY PRECIP WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AFTER NOONTIME ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE S MTNS. SNOW WILL FALL AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE SANGRES/WETS AROUND NOON AND WILL GRADUALLY WORK DOWNWARD IN ELEVATION AS THE LATE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. ONE TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IS VERY LIKELY AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. THE SNOW WILL BE VERY WET. THERE IS A CHANCE WE COULD SEE SOME STRONGER STORMS OVER THE RATON MESA REGION MAINLY DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON TIME PERIODS. THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE EVERYWHERE TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE PIKES PEAK REGION WILL SEE SOME DECENT PRECIP. ALL OF THE GUIDANCE STRONGLY FOCUSES THE PRECIP ON THE IMMEDIATE EAST SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF TELLER COUNTY. SNOWFALL VALUES ACROSS FAR W EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY WILL LIKELY VARY CONSIDERABLY....WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS EAST SLOPES AND (MUCH) LESSER AMOUNTS WEST SLOPES. THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WILL ALSO SEE BENEFICIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS LATE TODAY. A QUICK REVIEW OF HILITES...ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE CONTDVD. WARNINGS GO INTO EFFECT FOR THE TOPS OF THE SANGRES...WETS AND PIKES PEAK AT NOON. WARNINGS GO INTO EFFECT FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANGRES AND WETS AT 4 PM. AN ADVISORY GOES INTO EFFECT FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF TELLER COUNTY AT 4 PM. AN ADVISORY GOES INTO EFFECT FOR HUERFANO AND LOWER WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING. THIS AREA IS GOING TO BE VERY TRICKY AS THE W SXNS OF THESE ZONES MAY SEE WARNING CRITERIA WHILE EASTERN SXNS OF THESE ZONES WILL LIKELY SEE ONLY RAIN. WITHOUT SAYING...IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT FCST FOR THESE AREAS. THE WET MTN VALLEY ALSO HAS AN ADVISORY STARTING AFTER 8 PM. THIS AREA WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE WATCHED CAREFULLY. TONIGHT... HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE S MTNS...ESPECIALLY THE WETS AND SANGRE DE CRISTOS ALONG WITH THE RATON MESA REGION TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL LIQUID QPF FOR THESE REGIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES. THE LOWEST RAIN/SNOW LINE WILL LIKELY REACH 6000 FEET SOUTH OF PUEBLO...WITH THE "SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW ELEVATION" LIKELY BEGINNING AROUND ~7500 FEET. PRECIP ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION WILL LIKELY DECREASE BY LATE EVENING. ONE TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY TONIGHT. \/HODANISH .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 346 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD BUT HAVE SHOWN LOW RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY AND ENSEMBLES HAVING HIGH SPREADS FURTHER OUT IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. MONDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIDESPREAD AND LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO TRACK EASTWARD OUT OF EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG AND MOIST LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND AREAS ALONG THE NEW MEXICO BORDER. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH...7 KFT AND UP...AND THE PRIMARY FOCUS MONDAY OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGES. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. MODELS STILL INDICATING AREAS ALONG THE NEW MEXICO BORDER WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL UP TO HALF AN INCH IS EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND TELLER COUNTY WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. LIGHTER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE PLAINS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL WITH 40S AND 50S ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH PRECIPITATION COMING TO AN END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH MONDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO OKLAHOMA. EXPECT ANY LINGERING ACTIVITY TO DISSIPATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BUILD EASTWARD INTO THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL BRING DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION AND ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO BEGIN WARMING UP. A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 6OS AND 70S. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...ENSEMBLE SPREADS BEGIN TO RISE SHARPLY BY THURSDAY HOWEVER THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE ENSEMBLES GENERALLY SUPPORT THIS...HOWEVER THERE ARE A FEW SOLUTIONS WITH A DEEPER AND FASTER MOVING SYSTEM. AS FOR THE FORECAST...CURRENTLY THINK THE SYSTEM WILL PASS WELL TO THE NORTH...BUT FLATTEN THE RIDGE OVERHEAD WITH ZONAL FLOW TAKING OVER. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR GREATER SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS EACH AFTERNOON...AND WESTERLY STEERING FLOW SHOULD ALLOW FOR THIS ACTIVITY TO PUSH EAST INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND 80S. MOZLEY && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1131 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 UPSLOPE FLOW WILL KEEP CIGS IN THE IFR CATEGORY THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR KCOS AND KPUB...THOUGH THERE MAY BE A FEW WINDOWS OF MVFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN BANDS OF SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH KALS SEEING THE BEST CHANCE OF -TSRA IMPACTING THE TERMINAL. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH IFR VIS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...MTNS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE WIDESPREAD OBSCURATIONS WITH HEAVY SNOW AND LIFR CONDITIONS WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. KALS WILL LIKELY REMAIN MVFR THROUGH THIS EVENT...THOUGH THERE COULD BE BRIEF WINDOWS OF IFR UNDER THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. IMPROVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST. WINDS WILL SWITCH OUT OF THE NORTH AT ALL 3 TERMINALS DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS WHICH WILL BRING IMPROVING CIGS/VIS. -KT && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT MONDAY FOR COZ087-088. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MDT MONDAY FOR COZ072-074-079. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MDT MONDAY FOR COZ078-081. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM MDT MONDAY FOR COZ058-060-061- 063-066-068. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY FOR COZ073-075-080- 082. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY FOR COZ076. && UPDATE...MW SHORT TERM...HODANISH LONG TERM...MOZLEY AVIATION...KT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 634 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-271245- 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 MDT SUN APR 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL EFFECT THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS STORM IS GOING TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND RATON MESA. OTHER REGIONS OF THE PLAINS WILL ALSO SEE SOME RAIN...BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LESS. ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL START TO OCCUR GENERALLY ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING ABOVE 80000 FEET. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR COULD OCCUR AT TIMES. THE PIKES PEAK REGION WILL ALSO SEE SNOW...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 10 TO 20 INCHES...ON TOP OF PIKES PEAK. HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF FAR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY WILL OCCUR ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE AND PIKES PEAK...WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. WESTERN SECTIONS OF TELLER COUNTY WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW. THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL SEE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. OCCASIONAL RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY. A FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD OCCUR ALONG THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND 1/2 INCH SIZE HAIL COULD OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING COULD OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAIN RANGES WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE REST OF THE HIGH ELEVATION WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY FOR THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. AN ADDITIONAL HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING WITH RUNOFF POSSIBLY PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DISSIPATE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...AND COMING TO AN END MONDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LIGHTNING...OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONGER STEERING WINDS ALOFT WILL HELP PUSH THIS ACTIVITY EAST INTO THE PLAINS. LIGHTNING...STRONG OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. 34/88
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 647 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 COZ081-084-085-261315- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 647 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WALDO BURN SCAR... AT 644 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH ACROSS WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE WALDO BURN SCAR. ONE OF THESE CELLS PRODUCED 0.20 INCHES OF RAIN AS IT MOVED THROUGH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE BURN SCAR THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...AREAS IN AND AROUND THE WALDO BURN SCAR. LAT...LON 3890 10485 3886 10494 3899 10500 3899 10486 TIME...MOT...LOC 1244Z 163DEG 4KT 3892 10494 HODANISH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 721 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 COZ081-084-085-261345- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 721 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WALDO BURN SCAR THROUGH 745 AM MDT... AT 718 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MANITOU SPRINGS...OR NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM...HOWEVER IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES FURTHER THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WALD BURN SCAR THROUGH THE MORNING. RAINFALL REPORTS OF 0.10 TO 0.30 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE BURN SCAR DURING THE LAST 45 MINUTES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AREAS IN AND AROUND THE WALDO BURN SCAR. LAT...LON 3879 10485 3880 10493 3900 10504 3895 10484 TIME...MOT...LOC 1318Z 174DEG 16KT 3885 10491 HODANISH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 900 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 COZ081-084-085-261600- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 900 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM MDT... AT 858 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR NEAR CASCADE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM...HOWEVER IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES FURTHER THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS... CASCADE AND CHIPITA PARK. LAT...LON 3893 10483 3885 10492 3893 10503 3901 10496 TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 133DEG 13KT 3894 10492 KT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1049 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 COZ081-084-085-261745- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 1049 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM MDT... AT 1048 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER BAND OF DEVELOPING SHOWERS OVER MANITOU SPRINGS...OR NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO BURN SCAR WITH THESE SHOWERS...HOWEVER IF THEY INTENSIFY FURTHER THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS... CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK AND CRYSTOLA. LAT...LON 3895 10486 3886 10492 3890 10504 3900 10500 TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 112DEG 9KT 3888 10493 KT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1150 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 COZ081-084-085-261845- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 1150 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM MDT... AT 1148 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN SHOWERS NEAR MANITOU SPRINGS...OR NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO BURN SCAR WITH THESE SHOWERS. DRAINAGES OFF THE WALDO WILL EXPERIENCE SOME RUN-OFF...THOUGH RAINFALL RATES DO NOT LOOK HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AT THIS TIME. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS... GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK AND CRYSTOLA. LAT...LON 3889 10482 3884 10493 3895 10504 3904 10490 TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 157DEG 11KT 3892 10489 KT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, April 2015
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: 572335, 572337, 572339, 572340, 572334, 572336, 572338.