Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Pueblo, CO

COZ060>081-300600-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1230 PM MDT THU AUG 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

...SEVERE WEATHER PROBABLE TODAY...

ALL INDICATIONS ARE POINTING TO STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING SOME SEVERE WEATHER.  THESE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM
MDT...AND THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COLORADO
PLAINS.

THESE STORMS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF AN UNUSUALLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE PIKES
PEAK REGION DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN SPREAD TO THE
SOUTHERN COLORADO BORDER BY THIS EVENING.

SEVERAL FACTORS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER AS THESE
STORMS MOVE ONTO THE PLAINS.  FIRST...STORMS MOVING OFF THE MOUNTAINS
WILL ENCOUNTER ENVIRONMENTAL WIND SHEAR FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF ROTATING UPDRAFTS.  SECOND...VERY STRONG LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
INCOMING DISTURBANCE WILL PROMOTE RAPID AND INTENSE UPDRAFT GROWTH.
THIRD...STRENGTHENING UPSLOPE FLOW IS CAUSING VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR TO POOL OVER THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS.  FOURTH...COOLING AT
UPPER LEVELS WILL ENCOURAGE LARGE HAIL GROWTH.

STORMS LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE HAIL EXCEEDING AN INCH
IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.
ADDITIONALLY...THE ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS MAY EVEN SPIN UP A FEW TORNADIC
STORMS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO
AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.  SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ON
STANDBY.

LW

COZ062>081-300335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
131 PM MDT THU AUG 29 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...

AN APPROACHING DISTURBANCE WILL INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND THE SOUTHEAST
MOUNTAINS.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO IS BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE. IN
ADDITIONAL THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE IS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND TORNADOES.

THE STORM PREDICITON CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO IN AN
AREA FROM NEAR TRINIDAD...CANON CITY AND DENVER...EAST TO THE
COLORADO/KANSAS BORDER.

THERE IS ALSO A RISK FOR SOME SEVERE STORMS WEST OF THIS REGION TO THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS.

A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH MAY BE ISSUED LATER.

PERSONS IN THE RISK AREAS FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER FOR FURTHER
UPDATES.

WOLYN

COZ067-071-072-292115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
208 PM MDT THU AUG 29 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY AND WILL
BRING RAIN AND SMALL HAIL TO NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY AS THEY MOVE EAST
AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY BY 230 PM
AND ACROSS I-25 TO NEAR PALMER PARK AND MONUMENT BY 245 PM MDT.

A T6ORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT.

FORTUNE

COZ067-071-072-292150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
243 PM MDT THU AUG 29 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING NORTH OF WOODLAND PARK...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLIY ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF
WOODLAND PARK IN TELLER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND
HAIL TO THE WOODLAND PARK AREA UNTIL 330 PM. AS THE STORM MOVES EAST IT
WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ALONG AND NORTH OF US 24. RAIN AND HISL
WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS...INCLUDING THE
GARDEN OF THE GODS AREA AND AIR FORCE ACADEMY BY 3PM MDT.

ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY
BRINGING RAIN AND HAIL TO I-25 NEAR PALMER LAKE AND MONUMENT BY 3PM MDT.

THUNDERSTORMS IN TELLER COUNTY AND EL PASO COUNTY WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY
THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8
PM MDT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

FORTUNE

COZ071-072-300015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
509 PM MDT THU AUG 29 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL TO AROUND 1/2 INCH IN
DIAMETER...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL MOVE
OVER HIGHWAY 94 FROM YODER TO RUSH THROUGH 530 PM MDT.

AT 505 PM MDT...THE STORM WAS 3 MILES NORTH OF YODER MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPBH.

LW