Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1150 AM MDT THU JUL 7 1988

           ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING...

NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN FELL IN PUEBLO YESTERDAY EVENING AND THE
HEAVY RAINS COULD RETURN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1148 AM THIS
MORNING THERE WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN
SOUTHEAST COLORADO TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY...ABOUT
14 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

BESIDES THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE STORMS. IN THE EVENT HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPERIENCED...PEOPLE NEAR
SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO EXCERCISE CAUTION AS MANY
UNDERPASSES AND HIGHWAYS DO AND CAN GET FLOODED.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY. STAY TUNED
TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
GALLEGOS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
1230 PM MDT THU JUL 7 1988

  ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE BUILDING IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION...

AT 1225 PM THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN BOTH
NUMBERS AND STRENGTH IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION.  THE HEAVIEST OF THE
STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AND OVER PIKES PEAK.  THE
MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR.  THE
WEST PART OF COLORADO SPRINGS CAN EXPECT RAIN TO START BY ABOUT 100 PM
AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER MOST OF EL PASO COUNTY BY MID AFTERNOON.  NO
REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT SOME IS SURELY FALLING.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING HAIL
AND STRONG GUSTY WIND.  SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS MAY
OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE AREA.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE
STORMS SO STAY INSIDE WHEN THE LIGHNING IS NEARBY.  TRAVEL WITH CAUTIION
WHEN ROADWAYS ARE WET.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
115 PM MDT THU JUL 7 1988

     ...STRONG THUNDRSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 113 PM THERE WERE SOME STRONG TUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS
WEST OF KIM IN EAST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOVING
EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS FROM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
TO TRINIDAD...IN SOUTHERN COLORADO...AND ALONG THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS
OF COLORADO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

BESIDES THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE STORMS. IN THE EVENT HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPERIENCED...PEOPLE NEAR
SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO EXCERCISE CAUTION AS MANY
UNDERPASSES AND HIGHWAYS DO AND CAN GET FLOODED. THE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WITH THE STORMS CAN ALSO) BE VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE
BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL AND STAY INDOORS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
GALLEGOS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
130 PM MDT THU JUL 7 1988

  ...THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING HEAVIER IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION...

AT 125 PM THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HAIL WERE OVER
MUCH OF TELLER...EL PASO...ELBERT...LINCOLN..AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES
IN COLORADO.  HAIL TO A DEPTH OF 6 INCHES WAS REPORTED NEAR GILETTE
COLORADO IN TELLER COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF WOODLAND PARK...
AND SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA SIZE TO 1/4 INCH HAIL NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE
CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAS BEEN OBSERVED AS WELL
AS HEAVY RAIN.  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN BOTH
NUMBERS AND INTENSITY THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON 6AND THIS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
215 PM MDT THU JUL 7 1988

  ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EAST COLORADO UNTIL
     800 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS MUCH OF EAST COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM
THIS THURSDAY EVENING.  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS..SOME SEVERE..HAVE
BEEN REPORTED.  SOME REPORTS RECEIVED HERE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS INCLUDE...A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD
ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF WOODLAND PARK COLORADO...1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL TO
THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...6 INCHES OF HAIL ON THE GROUND
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODLAND PARK NEAR CRIPPLE CREEK...STREET
FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF WIDEFIELD AND THE NORTH PART OF COLORADO
SPRINGS COLORADO.  A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE
TOWN OF BURLINGTON COLORADO IN KIT CARSON COUNTY NEAR THE KANSAS
BORDER ALONG I-25.

STORMS ARE EXPTECTED TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THIS EVENING.  ALL PERSONS SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.

SOME SAFETY TIPS...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FAST MOVING WATER...KEEP
CHILDREN AWAY FROM STREAMS AND GREENWAYS AS WATER CAN CARRY EVEN
AN ADULT AWAY...WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEARBY GO INSIDE AND DO NOT USE
THE TELEPHONE OR APPLIANCES.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
215 PM MDT THU JUL 7 1988

  ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EAST COLORADO UNTIL
     800 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS MUCH OF EAST COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM
THIS THURSDAY EVENING.  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS..SOME SEVERE..HAVE
BEEN REPORTED.  SOME REPORTS RECEIVED HERE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS INCLUDE...A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD
ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF WOODLAND PARK COLORADO...1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL TO
THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...6 INCHES OF HAIL ON THE GROUND
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODLAND PARK NEAR CRIPPLE CREEK...STREET
FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF WIDEFIELD AND THE NORTH PART OF COLORADO
SPRINGS COLORADO.  A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE
TOWN OF BURLINGTON COLORADO IN KIT CARSON COUNTY NEAR THE KANSAS
BORDER ALONG I-70.

STORMS ARE EXPTECTED TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THIS EVENING.  ALL PERSONS SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.

SOME SAFETY TIPS...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FAST MOVING WATER...KEEP
CHILDREN AWAY FROM STREAMS AND GREENWAYS AS WATER CAN CARRY EVEN
AN ADULT AWAY...WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEARBY GO INSIDE AND DO NOT USE
THE TELEPHONE OR APPLIANCES.
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