Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Pueblo, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1203 PM MDT TUE SEP 17 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

A SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO THE WEST WILL SEND A SERIES OF
WEATHER DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN THE TROUGH THROUGH MAINLY WESTERN AND
CENTRAL COLORADO.

IN THE UPPER LEVELS...COOLER AIR WILL BE MOVING OVER THE AREA AND WILL
HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE.  SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TO THE EAST
OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS WILL HELP DRAW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF
OF MEXICO INTO THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO.

THIS COMBINATION OF WEATHER FACTORS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT
IN ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS.  THE AREAS MOST
AT RISK FROM SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING INCLUDE
KIOWA...PROWERS...BENT AND BACA COUNTIES.

OVER THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PIKES PEAK REGION...
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

TONIGHT...SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY FALL IN THE HIGH COUNTRY ABOVE
10,000 FEET...WITH NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF
SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
227 PM MDT TUE SEP 17 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EL PASO COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HAIL 1/4 INCH OR LESS IN DIAMETER AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WILL MOVE
INTO BLACK FOREST BY 225 PM.

A WEATHER SPOTTER AT ACADEMY AND PIKES PEAK REPORTED SMALL HAIL AND
HEAVY RAINS AT 215 PM. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

CASEY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
300 PM MDT TUE SEP 17 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL TO COLORADO
SPRINGS...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER COLORADO SPRINGS FOR THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN
THAT MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR STREET AND LOW AREA FLOODING ALONG WITH HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

AT 250 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND
EXTENDED FROM THE BLACK FORECAST AND CALHAN AREAS TO FORT CARSON.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS ALONG ACADEMY
BLVD AND BETWEEN PETERSON AFB AND BLACK FOREST. ANOTHER
THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN THE FORT CARSON AREA. THESE
STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND .25 TO .50 INCHES OF
RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING HOME THIS AF(TERNOON AND EVENING.
WATCH OUT FOR AREAS WHERE WATER MAY BE COVERING THE ROAD. THIS IS
ESPECIALLY LIKELY ALONG ACADEMY BLVD AND US-24.

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