774 FPUS75 KPUB 041238 NOWPUB SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 629 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 COZ058-059-062-069-041445- LEADVILLE AND VICINITY-NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-WESTERN LAKE/WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEADVILLE...SAGUACHE...DEL NORTE... SALIDA...BUENA VISTA 629 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 .NOW... PUEBLO RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA INDICATES THAT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 900 AM OVER CHAFFEE...NORTHERN SAGUACHE... AND LAKE COUNTIES. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IS MOVING NORTH INTO THE AREA, AND WILL DROP AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THIS AREA. AS OF 600 AM, A SPOTTER AT BUENA VISTA REPORTED 18 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. $$ COZ076-078>081-041445- BACA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-CROWLEY/OTERO COUNTIES-KIOWA COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EADS...HASWELL...TOWNER...LA JUNTA... ORDWAY...ROCKY FORD...LAMAR...GRANADA...HOLLY...LAS ANIMAS...HASTY... MCCLAVE...SPRINGFIELD...PRITCHETT...WALSH 629 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 .NOW... SATELLITE DATA AND PUEBLO RADAR INDICATED HEAVIER SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AT 600 AM. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE, CURRENTLY NEAR CLAYTON, NEW MEXICO, IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS, BRINGING THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. $$ JKH  774 FPUS75 KPUB 041238 NOWPUB SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 629 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 COZ058-059-062-069-041445- LEADVILLE AND VICINITY-NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-WESTERN LAKE/WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEADVILLE...SAGUACHE...DEL NORTE... SALIDA...BUENA VISTA 629 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 .NOW... PUEBLO RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA INDICATES THAT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 900 AM OVER CHAFFEE...NORTHERN SAGUACHE... AND LAKE COUNTIES. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IS MOVING NORTH INTO THE AREA, AND WILL DROP AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THIS AREA. AS OF 600 AM, A SPOTTER AT BUENA VISTA REPORTED 18 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. $$ COZ076-078>081-041445- BACA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-CROWLEY/OTERO COUNTIES-KIOWA COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EADS...HASWELL...TOWNER...LA JUNTA... ORDWAY...ROCKY FORD...LAMAR...GRANADA...HOLLY...LAS ANIMAS...HASTY... MCCLAVE...SPRINGFIELD...PRITCHETT...WALSH 629 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 .NOW... SATELLITE DATA AND PUEBLO RADAR INDICATED HEAVIER SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AT 600 AM. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE, CURRENTLY NEAR CLAYTON, NEW MEXICO, IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS, BRINGING THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. $$ JKH