Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Pueblo, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1155 AM MDT WED AUG 7 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

SYNOPSIS:  A COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO LAST NIGHT AND
EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AT
MIDDAY.  MOIST SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE SOUTHEAST
PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON.

ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST FOOTHILLS FROM COLORADO SPRINGS SOUTH TO
TRINIDAD...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DUE TO THE
LIFT FROM THE MOIST UPSLOPE WINDS...THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND
DAYTIME HEATING.  ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN SINCE STEERING WINDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN WEAK.

ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE LESS THAN
NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND HIGH VALLEYS...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY...ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT
REPORTS CONCERNING THUNDERSTORMS WOULD RBE APPRECIATED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
315 PM MDT WED AUG 7 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS IN SAGUACHE AND FREMONT COUNTIES...

THROUGH AT LEAST 430 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN
FREMONT COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF SAGUACHE COUNTY.

THROUGH 4 PM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WILL LIKELY
AFFECT PONCHA PASS...PONCHA SPRINGS...SALIDA...WELLSVILLE AND POSSIBLY
HOWARD. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS
APPROACHING ONE INCH PER HOUR...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL
AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THROUGH 4 PM...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 114
IN SAGUACHE COUNTY BETWEEN NORTH PASS AND SAGUACHE.

AT 311 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PONCHA SPRINGS.  ANOTHER ISOLATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS AT NORTH PASS...OR 23 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SAGUACHE.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING A LIGHTNING STORM...FIND A LOW
SPOT. SHELTER YOURSELF UNDER SHORTER TREES. AVOID ISOLATED...TALL
TREES. STAY AWAY FROM WATER...POWER POLES AND METAL OBJECTS...
SUCH AS A FENCE ROW OR GOLF CLUBS. IF IN A GROUP...STAY APART. IF
SOMEONE IS STRUCK...OTHERS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THE VICTIM.

SR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
410 PM MDT WED AUG 7 1996

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY...

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY
THROUGH 5 PM...AFFECTING COALDALE THROUGH 420 PM...COTOPAXI BY 415 PM
...AND MOVING BETWEEN TEXAS CREEK AND HILLSIDE BY 430 PM.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 55
MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS OR ALONG HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN
COALDALE AND TEXAS CREEK.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AND BRING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THISP STRONG
THUNDERSTORM...YOU ARE URGED TO FIND SHELTER BEFORE IT REACHES
YOUR AREA.

SR