A intense weather system produced strong to high winds across many sections of southern Colorado. Wind gusts in the 58 mph to 69 mph range were reported across several locations for which there were high wind warnings.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A intense weather system produced strong to high winds across many sections of southern Colorado. Wind gusts in the 58 mph to 69 mph range were reported across several locations for which there were high wind warnings. In addition, wind gusts between 70 and 80 mph were also observed across portions of El Paso and Pueblo Counties.
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 Mar 23, 12:20 PM MST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 120 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 116 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 LOOKING AT RADAR TRENDS AND LATEST HI-RES SOLUTIONS INCLUDING THE HRRR...HAVE OPTED TO PUSH BACK THE END TIME OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING TO 02Z. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF AFTER 00Z BUT WINDS WILL STILL BE AN ISSUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. ALSO BUMPED UP SNOW AMOUNTS...AGAIN...FOR THE WARNING AREAS...WITH 16 INCHES CURRENTLY AT WOODLAND PARK AND STILL SNOWING...AND PROBABLY 2-4 INCHES STILL TO COME. ROSE UPDATE ISSUED AT 938 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 CURRENTLY...BAND OF HEAVY SNOW NOW MOVING INTO ERN EL PASO COUNTY FROM THE NNE. HIGH-RES MODELS HAVE NOT PICKED UP ON THIS FEATURE THUS FAR. TREND FOR THE AFTERNOON SHOULD BE DECREASING POPS ACROSS MOD OF THE PLAINS AS SFC FLOW CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN FROM THE NORTH. HEAVIEST SNOW THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE PALMER DVD. BZW LOOKS ON TRACK. WILL WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS SNOW BAND DEVELOPS BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO HOLD ON TO THE SN ADVISORY FOR SRN EL PASO. ROSE UPDATE ISSUED AT 759 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 UPDATED TO INCREASE MORNING POPS OVER MUCH OF THE SERN PLAINS. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 421 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD NORTHERN PIKES PEAK REGION AND PALMER DIVIDE AND HIGH WINDS ELSEWHERE... MODELS ARE COMING IN JUST A BIT STRONGER AND FARTHER SOUTH WITH INTENSE UPPER LOW PRESSURE CENTER THIS MORNING. THEY NOW HAVE IT MOVING OVER THE I-25 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS MORNING...TRACKING EAST A LITTLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 INTO WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH NOON...AND THEN INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE DAY. ON THIS TRACK... NORTHERN EL PASO AND NORTHERN TELLER COUNTIES ARE LIKELY TO GET POUNDED WITH HEAVY...WIND DRIVEN SNOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. BECAUSE THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS SO TIGHTLY WRAPPED...SO INTENSE...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW CAUSING A FULL-OUT BLIZZARD OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL PRECIPITATION FORECASTS COMING IN THIS MORNING... HAVE BOOSTED SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO AND NORTHERN TELLER COUNTIES TO MORE THAN A FOOT. HOWLING NORTH WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH GUSTING TO OVER 60 MPH WILL CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...AND DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET. HIGHWAY 24 MAY BE FORCED TO CLOSE TODAY AS WELL AS OTHER ROADS ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THAT'S THE BAD NEWS. THE GOOD NEWS...THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE MOSTLY OUT OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH SOME WIND AND BLOWING OF EXISTING SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THE EVENING. NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...DOWN TO PIKES PEAK WILL ALSO GET HIT BY THIS STORM. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA MAY ALSO REACH A FOOT OR MORE. THIS AREA LIKELY WON'T SEE THE SAME WINDS AS FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE OPEN PLAINS. IT WILL STILL BE VERY WINDY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND LOW VISIBILITIES...JUST NOT QUITE AT BLIZZARD LEVELS. SO THIS AREA HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING RATHER THAN A BLIZZARD WARNING. SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL GET IN ON SOME OF THE SNOW...WITH MORE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERIMETER OF THE CITY AND LESS ACROSS THE SOUTHER PERIMETER. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CREATE A CONSIDERABLE SNOWFALL GRADIENT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE CITY. AS THE NORTH WINDS DESCEND FROM THE PALMER DIVIDE...THE AIR MASS WILL TEND TO DRY OUT...LEAVING SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE SPRINGS WITH CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW THAN NORTHERN PARTS. BEST ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW ARE FOR AROUND 8 INCHES NORTH EDGES OF THE CITY LIMITS NEAR THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY TO AROUND 3 OR 4 INCHES IN CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...TO MAYBE ONLY AN INCH OR 2 DOWN TOWARD SECURITY AND FOUNTAIN. REGARDLESS OF THE SNOWFALL AMOUNT...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ACROSS ALL OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA TODAY. THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS...THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEEING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WIND AND SNOW WITH THIS EVENT. THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 5 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS EVENING...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN WINDS GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY FOR THIS AREA. PRECIPITATION OVER THE REST OF SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL PROBABLY BE MORE SCATTERED AND MIXED BETWEEN SNOW AND POSSIBLY RAIN. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN HINTING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MORE ORGANIZED SNOW OR POSSIBLY RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON...SO THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED. RIGHT NOW...IT APPEARS THAT ANY SUCH SNOW WOULD BE FAIRLY BRIEF...AND ALSO PRETTY WET...NOT AMOUNTING TO MUCH IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...IT COULD HAPPEN IF THE LOW CENTER DROPS JUST A BIT FARTHER SOUTH THAN EXPECTED OR SITS THERE A BIT LONGER THAN EXPECTED. ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL BE UNDER THE GUN TODAY FOR VERY STRONG WINDS...BOTH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AND GUSTS. WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES. IF ANY SNOW SHOWERS DO DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS... THESE WINDS COULD COMBINE WITH THE SNOW FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITIES IN DRIVING...WET SNOW. FARTHER WEST...NOT AS MUCH WIND BUT STILL WINDY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. ANY PRECIPITATION OVER THESE AREAS TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE PRETTY SPOTTY AND BRIEF...WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 421 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 NW FLOW ALOFT CAN BE EXPECTED THU AND THU NIGHT...AND A LITTLE MSTR IN THE FLOW ALONG WITH UPSLOPE...WL RESULT IN SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OVR THE CENTRAL CO MTNS. THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA WL BE DRY ON THU WITH HIGH TEMPS BEING AROUND TO JUST A LITTLE BELOW AVERAGE. ON FRIDAY AN UPR LEVEL TROF WL BE SAGGING SOUTHWARD OVR THE NRN ROCKIES. AHEAD OF THE TROF THERE WL BE A LITTLE INCREASE IN MSTR OVR THE FORECAST AREA AND A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME PCPN. THE CENTRAL MTNS WL SEE AN INCREASE IN SNOW...WHILE OTHER AREAS SHOULD JUST SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISOLD TO SCT SHOWERS. FRI NIGHT AND SAT...THE UPR TROF WL BE MOVING SOUTHWARD THRU CO AND SHOULD BRING WIDESPREAD PCPN TO THE FORECAST AREA. THE MOUNTAIN AREAS COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL DURING THIS TIME...AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ADJACENT TO THE ERN MTNS COULD ALSO SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOW. OVR MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPS ON SAT WL BE WARM ENOUGH THAT PCPN SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVR TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES AND PIKES PEAK FRI NIGHT...AND MAYBE INTO PORTIONS OF FREMONT AND PUEBLO COUNTIES. THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY SNOW THEN SHIFTS SOUTHWARD OVR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER EAST SLOPES OF THESE MTNS DURING THE DAY SAT. THE MODELS THEN BEGIN SHOWING DIFFERENCES IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM SAT NIGHT. THE ECMWF HAS A MORE PROGRESSIVE TROF MOVING EASTWARD INTO KS BY SUN MORNING WHICH THEN MOVES FAIRLY QUICKLY EASTWARD THRU THE DAY. THE GFS HAS A CLOSED LOW MOVING INTO CENTRAL NM BY SUN MORNING THAT THEN MOVES EASTWARD INTO TX BY SUN EVENING. THE RESULT IS THAT THE ECMWF ENDS PCPN OVR THE FORECAST SOONER THAN THE GFS. SUN NIGHT AND INTO EARLY MON AN UPR RIDGE WL BE OVR THE FORECAST AREA AND THIS WL RESULT IN DRY WEATHER AND WARMING TEMPS. BY MON AFTERNOON THE UPR RIDGE WL BE SHIFTING EASTWARD AS A NEW UPR TROF MOVES OVR THE WRN STATES. THE UPR TROF WL THEN MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN TUE AND SW FLOW ALOFT OVR THE FORECAST AREA WL INCREASE. THE GFS IS A LITTLE FASTER MOVING THIS SYSTEM TOWARD CO AND THUS SPREADS PCPN INTO THE CONTDVD FASTER THAN THE ECMWF...AND EVEN BRINGS SOME PCPN THE TO ERN MTNS BY LATE IN THE DAY TUE. AHEAD OF THE TROF...SW SFC WINDS OVR PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT CRITICAL FIRE WX CONDITIONS AS RH VALUES DROP TO NR 15 PERCENT. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1056 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 MAIN AVN CONCERN WILL BE CONTINUED STRONG WINDS THROUGH ABOUT 00Z. N-NW WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 KTS OR HIGHER. KCOS COULD SEE OCCASIONALSHSN...BUT NO ACCUMS ARE EXPECTED. CIGS SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AT KCOS. HEAVY BLSN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PALMER DVD THROUGH ABOUT 00-02Z. KALS SHOULD REMAIN VFR. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVER ALL OF SE CO THIS EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY. AFTER 02-04Z...SHOULD SEE VFR CONDITIONS AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS PERSIST THROUGH TOMORROW. ROSE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ089-093>099. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ085>088. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ058- 060-085. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ081-082. BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ084. && UPDATE...ROSE SHORT TERM...LW LONG TERM...28 AVIATION...ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 642 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-241245- 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 9000FT- 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 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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 VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- 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- 642 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A BLIZZARD WILL IMPACT THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION TODAY. HEAVY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TODAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES AND LOCALLY OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO AND NORTHERN TELLER COUNTIES BY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS 30 TO 40 GUSTING OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET IN PLACES... PRIMARILY ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. OVER SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...GENERALLY 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 94...WITH GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF 94. THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO SEE SNOW TODAY...WITH GENERALLY 5 TO 10 INCHES OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...THE MAIN ISSUE TODAY WILL BE THE WINDS. WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES WILL COVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY. FARTHER WEST ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS...SPEEDS WILL BE LIGHTER...BUT STILL REACHING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER WINTER STORM COULD IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PARTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. AT THIS TIME...THE PRIMARY AREA OF IMPACT APPEARS TO LIE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY OVER EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. 50/50
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1126 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1126 AM SNOW WOODLAND PARK 39.00N 105.05W
03/23/2016 M10.0 INCH TELLER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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NWS PUEBLO CO
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1132 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM SNOW 2 NNE MONUMENT 39.12N 104.86W
03/23/2016 M4.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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NWS PUEBLO CO
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1140 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 AM SNOW 5 S BLACK FOREST 38.95N 104.71W
03/23/2016 M4.7 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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NWS PUEBLO CO
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
118 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0112 PM SNOW 2 NE WOODLAND PARK 39.01N 105.03W
03/23/2016 M16.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1243 PM SNOW 5 WNW PEYTON 39.06N 104.57W
03/23/2016 M4.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1242 PM SNOW 2 N BLACK FOREST 39.05N 104.70W
03/23/2016 M7.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1205 PM SNOW 2 NNE MONUMENT 39.12N 104.86W
03/23/2016 M6.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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NWS PUEBLO CO
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
121 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 AM SNOW 5 S BLACK FOREST 38.95N 104.71W
03/23/2016 M4.7 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1126 AM SNOW WOODLAND PARK 39.00N 105.05W
03/23/2016 M10.0 INCH TELLER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1103 AM SNOW 3 E FALCON 38.93N 104.57W
03/23/2016 M4.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0853 AM SNOW 2 NW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.85N 104.85W
03/23/2016 M1.5 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0832 AM SNOW 4 N FLORISSANT 39.00N 105.30W
03/23/2016 M5.4 INCH TELLER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0815 AM SNOW 3 ENE MANITOU SPRINGS 38.87N 104.86W
03/23/2016 M2.4 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
OBSERVER LOCATION 3 ENE MANITOU SPGS.
0730 AM SNOW 5 SSE AIR FORCE ACADEMY 38.93N 104.83W
03/23/2016 M2.5 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0630 AM SNOW 4 ENE AIR FORCE ACADEMY 39.03N 104.80W
03/23/2016 M1.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1205 PM SNOW 2 NNE MONUMENT 39.12N 104.86W
03/23/2016 M6.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1242 PM SNOW 2 N BLACK FOREST 39.05N 104.70W
03/23/2016 M7.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1243 PM SNOW 5 WNW PEYTON 39.06N 104.57W
03/23/2016 M4.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0112 PM SNOW 2 NE WOODLAND PARK 39.01N 105.03W
03/23/2016 M16.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW WOODLAND PARK 39.00N 105.05W
03/23/2016 M8.0 INCH TELLER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0837 AM SNOW 2 N BLACK FOREST 39.05N 104.70W
03/23/2016 E4.5 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
4 TO 5 INCHES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING
1000 AM SNOW 2 NNE MONUMENT 39.12N 104.86W
03/23/2016 M4.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1102 AM SNOW 2 NE WOODLAND PARK 39.01N 105.03W
03/23/2016 M9.0 INCH TELLER CO PUBLIC
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NWS PUEBLO CO
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
132 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0132 PM SNOW 2 NNE MONUMENT 39.12N 104.86W
03/23/2016 M8.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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NWS PUEBLO CO
IRIS SYSTEMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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Every storm in Colorado in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, March 2016
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