Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Pueblo, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1150 AM MDT SUN JUN 16 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

RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE AIR HAS NOW SPREAD OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO IN
THE WAKE OF YESTERDAY'S THUNDERSTORMS.  CONSEQUENTLY...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL NUMBER FAR LESS TODAY.

SINCE THE AIRMASS IS MORE DRY AND STABLE...IT ALSO LACKS THE BUOYANT
ENERGY NEEDED TO BUILD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  AS A RESULT...
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS...GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

SINCE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY...NEITHER IS SPOTTER
ACTIVATION.

LW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
253 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AT MID AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF FREMONT COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY.

AT 245 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 16 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST OF CANON CITY...
OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRIPPLE CREEK.  A LINE OF OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF SALIDA...IN CHAFFEE
COUNTY...INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND HAIL OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH
IN DIAMETER.

LOCALIZED HEAVIER RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY WHERE THE GROUND
IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN EL PASO AND WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES
BY 320 PM MDT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
347 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE ROYAL GORGE IN FREMONT COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN
DIAMETER...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTING AS
HIGH AS 50 MPH...WILL BE NOTED OVER THE ROYAL GORGE BY 345 PM.

AT 344 PM THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF CANON CITY...NEARING THE ROYAL GORGE.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO CANON CITY BY 400 PM.

ANYONE RAFTING...TRAVELLING...OR INVOLVED IN OTHER RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON SHOULD BE PREPARING FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN
OCCUR WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... GET
INDOORS OR IN A VEHICLE.$ LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY
FROM THE STORM...WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING AND WHERE YOU MAY BE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
402 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 1996

...STORM DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 355 PM...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY. THE STORM WAS 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL 1/2 INCH OR
LESS IN DIAMETER...~GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

SOME COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THIS STORM WILL BE GREENWOOD BY 420 PM.

MOORE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
500 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER WET MOUNTAINS...

THROUGH 6 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WILL AFFECT
EASTERN HUERFANO AND SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTIES.  THE STORMS WILL AFFECT
SAN ISABEL...RYE...BEULAH AND COLORADO CITY THROUGH AT LEAST
530 PM...AND AFFECT GARDNER AND FARISTA THROUGH 545 PM.

THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF UP TO 3/4 OF AN INCH
PER HOUR...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL.

AT 500 PM...RADAR SHOWED THE STORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR GARDNER TO
BEULAH. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SR

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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
523 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HUERFANO COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GARDNER THROUGH 550 PM AND AFFECT
FARISTA BETWEEN 530 PM AND 600 PM.  THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE
HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN UP TO 0.5 INCH
PER HOUR AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

AT 521 PM...THE STORM WAS NEAR GARDNER...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WALSENBURG...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 69.

IF YOU FEEL YOUR SKIN TINGLE OR YOUR HAIR STAND ON END...
LIGHTNING MAY BE ABOUT TO STRIKE YOU. CROUCH LOW TO THE GROUND...
MAKING CONTACT ONLY WITH THE BALLS OF YOUR FEET. PUT YOUR HANDS
ON YOUR KNEES WITH YOUR HEAD BETWEEN THEM.

SR