Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Pueblo, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1203 PM MDT MON JUL 29 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 MOISTURE WILL PERSIST TODAY WITH A UPPER LEVEL WEATHER
DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST.  MOIST UPSLOPE
EASTERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
TODAY...WITH THE MAJORITY OF COVERAGE FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON
INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS FROM COLORADO
SPRINGS SOUTHWARD TO TRINIDAD.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW
MOVING...SO RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS...BUT THE MAIN THREAT TODAY WILL BE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO AREAS MAY
BE REQUIRED TODAY...MAINLY TO MONITOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND THE
POTENTIAL FLASH FLOOD THREAT.  RAINFALL REPORTS WILL BEN MOST
APPRECIATED.

"7"

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
323 PM MDT MON JUL 29 1996

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM TELLER COUNTY TO THE UPPER
ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY SHOWERS...PEA SIZED HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN TELLER AND
WESTERN FREMONT COUNTIES THROUGH 4 PM MDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE LINE INCLUDE...CRIPPLE
CREEK...DIVIDE...THE AIRFORCE ACADEMY AND MONUMENT BY 330 PM.
OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE TEXAS CREEK BY 335 PM AND THE ROYAL GORGE BY
340 PM MDT.

AT 320 PM MDT...THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 14 MILES WEST
OF THE AIRFORCE ACADEMY TO ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRIPPLE CREEK TO
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALIDA.  THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
344 PM MDT MON JUL 29 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COALDALE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACROSS MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY OF SOUTHERN
FREMONT COUNTY...APPROACHING HILLSIDE BY 415 PM.

AT 340 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED THE STRONG STORM OVER COALDALE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR FROM THIS STORM.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHNTING.

WOLYN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
456 PM MDT MON JUL 29 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST PLAINS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...BRINGING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN
DIAMETER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAVE DEVELOPED
OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.

ONE STORM WILL MOVE OVER LAS ANIMAS BY 500 PM.

ANOTHER STROM WILL WILL PASS OVER OPEN COUNTY SOUTH OF LAMAR AND EAST
OF HIGHJWAY 287.

A THIRD STORM WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF HOLLY.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WOLYN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
558 PM MDT MON JUL 29 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER BENT...PROWERS AND BACA
COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST 700 PM...BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

ONE GROUP OF STORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE CITY OF LAS ANIMAS AND OPEN
COUNTRY OF SOUTHEAST BENT COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM.  AT 550 PM THESE
STORMS EXTENDED FROM THE CITY OF LAS ANIMAS TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TOONERVILE...SLOWLY MOVING EAST.

ANOTHER GROUP OF STORMS WILL PASS OVER OPEN COUNTRY OF PROWERS COUNTY
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 THROUGH 700 PM.  AT 500 PM THESE STORMS EXTENDED
FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF HOLLY.  THESE STROMS
WERE SLOWLY MOVING EAST.

WOLYN