Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Pueblo, CO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1251 PM MDT TUE MAY 30 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER COLORADO CITY BY 100 PM...BRINGING
SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

AT 1245 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF RYE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON I-25 NEAR COLORADO
CITY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSLSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD
RESTRICT DRIVING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE WET ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY IN LOW
LYING AREAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
112 PM MDT TUE MAY 30 1995

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR COLORADO SPRINGS AND
SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS UNTIL 4 PM MDT...

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND SMALL HAIL WILL TRACK
OVER THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.  THESE STORMS ARE
SLOW MOVING AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE EXTENSIVE RUNOFF.  CONSEQUENTLY...
SWOLLEN STREAMS IN AND AROUND THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA WILL LIKELY BE
ON THE RISE ONCE AGAIN.

AT 1 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
HIGHWAY 24 FROM NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS TO NEAR WOODLAND PARK.  OTHER
STORMS WERE SITUATED OVER FORT CARSON AND MANITOU SPRINGS.  RADAR
AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS AND SMALL HAIL WITH THESE
STORMS.  THE STORMS WERE TRACKING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

AROUND 1245 PM MDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER IN THE WOODLAND PARK AREA
REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL ONE INCH DEEP IN ADDITION TO A MIXTURE OF HEAVY
RAIN AND SNOW.  ANOTHER SPOTTER ON HIGHWAY 115 ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF
COLORADO SPRINGS ALSO REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL ONE INCH DEEP AND MINOR
STREET FLOODING FROM LITTLE FOUNTAIN CREEK.

IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER THIS
AFTERNOON.  IF THE WATER RISES BEYOND SAFE LIMITS...WASTE NO TIME IN
MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND.  IF YOU ARE COMMUTING IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS
AREA THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...BE PREPARED FOR EXTENSIVE POOLING OF
WATER ON STREETS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOW SPOTS ALONG STREAMS.  WHETHER
YOU ARE TRAVELLING BY CAR OR FOOT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER
COVERED ROADS.

LW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO
130 PM MDT TUE MAY 30 1995

...AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY
   AND SURROUNDING MOUNTIAN AREAS...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND
THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAIN AREAS...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS
VALLEY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY OVER THE
MOUNTAIN AREAS AND VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND
POSSIBLY BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE FLOODING IN
LOW LYING AREAS OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

AT THIS TIME...MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH DUE TO RECENT SNOW
MELT AND RUNOFF AS WELL AS RAINFALL. STREAMS ARE RUNNING SWIFT AND
CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET AND DOWNSTREAM. ALL PERSONS IN
SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO ARE URGED TO EXCERCISE CAUTION IN AND AROUND
STREAMS AND RIVERS AND BE PARTICULARY CAUTIOUS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MOVE INDOORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND
STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

DELOZIER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
135 PM MDT TUE MAY 30 1995

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 400PM...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH EL PASO COUNTY WHICH
INCLUDES COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AND
HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER.

AT 135 PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FT CARSON AND THE TOWN
OF FOUNTAIN...ALONG I-25.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOW MOVING...WITH T
PRIMARY THREAT BEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLOODING OF
ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.  THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE
EAST AT 5 MPH.

KT