Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Pueblo, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1200 PM MDT SUN JUN 30 1995

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

ALAMOSA    BACA         BENT       CHAFFEE        CONEJOS      COSTILLA
CROWLEY    CUSTER       EL PASO    FREMONT        HUERFANO     KIOWA
LAS ANIMAS MINERAL      OTERO      PROWERS        PUEBLO       RIO GRANDE
SAGUACHE   TELLER

...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...A FEW MAY BE SEVERE...

SYNOPSIS: THE AIRMASS REMAINS DRY IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO.  THE EXCEPTION IS NEAR THE KANSAS
BORDER WHERE LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW IS BRINGING ABUNDANT MOISTURE
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.

LOOK FOR WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS
BETWEEN 1 PM AND 2 PM WITH A FEW MOVING ONTO THE NEARBY PLAINS LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LITTLE RAIN BUT COULD
BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.

ADDITIONALLY...A COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHERN WYOMING THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
SOUTH OVER EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO
LATE THIS EVENING.  THIS FRONT SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE COLORADO
SPRINGS AREA AROUND 9 PM AND THROUGH PUEBLO AROUND 10 PM REACHING THE
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN BORDERS BY 2 AM.   RAIN SHOWERS OR EVEN A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COLD FRONT TONIGHT.

ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED WINdD GUSTS WITH THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

HAYNES

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
145 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO...

AT 140 PM MDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
IN WESTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF
SAGUACHE...AND IN WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY 20 MILES WEST OF
TRINIDAD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME MAY
PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40
MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO SAFE SHELTER.

BT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
316 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR PIKES PEAK REGION...

AT 312 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ON DOPPLER
WEATHER RADAR IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. ONE STORM WAS IN NORTHEAST
FREMONT COUNTY ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANON CITY AND ANOTHER
STORM WAS DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CALHAN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS WELL
AS LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

PEOPLE ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION...THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

BT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
333 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 1995

AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF MONTE VISTA AROUND
310 PM WAS FORWARDED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENGIES.

NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AND NO FURTHER DETAILS OR CONFIRMATION WERE
AVAILABLE ON THIS EVENT.

DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTE
VISTA AROUND THIS TIME...BUT DID NOT INDICATE THIS THUNDERSTORM TO BE
SEVERE.

HOWEVER...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE
STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING...BUT NON ROTATING...WIND GUSTS.
THEREFORE...IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...BEWARE OF DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND HIGH WIND GUSTS.  WATCH FOR VIRGA AND BLOWING DUST AND
DEBRIS TO ALERT YOU TO STRONG WIND GUSTS.

ASH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
409 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY EXPIRES...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED AND AS OF 400 PM
WAS ALONG THE ELBERT/EL PASO COUNTY LINE NORTHWEST OF CALHAN MOVING
SLOWLY NORTHEAST.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY
NEAR CALHAN...AND NEAR YODER ALONG HIGHWAY 94. THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

PEOPLE ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

BT