Blizzard Warning and Hazardous Weather Outlook for Prowers County
VPG | Feb 24, 2013 | Comments 0
Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 432 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 COZ098-241800- /O.EXB.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.130225T0000Z-130225T1800Z/ LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAMAR 432 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...PROWERS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND INTO NEW MEXICO TODAY...AND THEN INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE REGION THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS DUE TO EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW. THIS IS A DYNAMIC STORM WHICH MAY CAUSE LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 630 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 COZ058>089-093>099-251330- 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- 630 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR REGION THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. AREAS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE WILL BE THE PALMER DIVIDE...THE RATON MESA AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. THIS INCLUDES AREAS IMMEDIATELY NORTH AND EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND AREAS FROM WALSENBURG TO TRINIDAD TO KIM. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE REGIONS...AND COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY...AND TRAVEL ALONG I-25 WILL BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES TODAY. STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE PLAINS TODAY. HEAVY SNOW...BUT LIGHTER WINDS...WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRING OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAIN RANGES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER BACA AND PROWERS COUNTIES EARLY MONDAY...AS WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST OVER 40 MPH CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS COLORADO TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM COULD BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS...AND SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. $$
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