Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Pueblo, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1150 AM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996

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

ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST...WILL INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

THERE IS A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS ON THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT THE THREAT IS NOT A GREAT AS EARLIER
ANTICIPATED.  LOW CLOUDS ARE PERSISTING OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN
PLAINS...REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF DAYTIME HEATING. WITH LESS
HEATING...THE INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE A GREAT AS FIRST ANTICIPATED.

ON THE EASTERN PLAINS THERE STILL IS A THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN.  THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PERSIST WELL INTO THE EVENING IN
KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES.

OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SAN LUIS VALLEY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO EARLY EVENING...BUT THESE STORMS ARE
NOT EXCECTED TO BE SEVERE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

WOLYNV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1257 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE MOUNTAINS...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER THE UPPER ARKANSAS
VALLEY AND THE PIKES PEAK REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON. AT 1245 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PUEBLO
SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM ALONG HIGHWAY 115 WEST OF FORT CARSON. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL BRING LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS FORT
CARSON TO I-25 NEAR PINON BY 2 PM MDT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE UPPER ARKANSAS
VALLEY FROM BUENA VISTA TO THE ROYAL GORGE. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING
SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS ON THESE
DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

FORTUNE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
141 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN TELLER COUNTY NEAR VICTOR
IS GOING TO CAUSE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL UNDER 1/2 INCH IN
DIAMETER AS IT CROSSES HIGHWAY 115 BETWEEN 2 AND 230 PM MDT.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE UPPER
ARKANSAS VALLEY AND ALONG THE WET MOUNTAINS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY DRIFT
EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON...PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.
THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO BE MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS FREMONT
AND CUSTER COUNTIES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
CONCERNING THESE DEVELOPING STORMS.

SC/BF

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
504 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996

...STRONG STORM DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF THE AIR FORCE ADADEMY...

A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE EASTWARD FROM THE EL PASO/TELLER COUNTY BORDER
TO NEAR AIR FORCE ADACEMY BY 515 PM MDT...AND CROSS INTERSTATE 25
AND MOVE INTO THE BLACK FOREST AREA AROUND 550 PM. THESE STORMS WILL
BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

AT 500 PM MDT P:UEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STRONG STORM 5 MILES
WEST OF THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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