Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Pueblo, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1130 AM MDT SUN JUL 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

THE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION HAS DESTABILIZED OVERNIGHT AND THIS
MORNING.  UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE AND WIND SOUNDINGS THIS MORNING SUGGEST
THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH
THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...AS THE AIRMASS HAS MOISTENED CONSIDERABLY.
DEW POINT TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S.

THE MAIN THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL
BE HEAVY RAIN FROM THE SLOW MOVING STORMS..`.STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND
ISOLATED HAIL REPORTS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY BEFORE 300 PM.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1212 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED...AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR
WALSENBURG BY 1245 PM MDT.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO MOVE
ACROSS SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST...JUST SOUTH OF RYE...BY 1215 PM
MDT...AND EAST OF CUCHARAS PASS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12...THROUGH 1245 PM.

AT 1210 PM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF
CUCHARAS PASS...WITH ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WALSENBURG.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AROUND 10 MPH.

LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...BETWEEN
SOUTH FORK TO JUST NORTH OF DEL NORTE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO
MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH.

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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1246 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...

THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY TO NEAR LA VETA PASS
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS I-25 AND THROUGH OPEN COUNTRY WEST OF WALSENBURG
THROUGH 115 PM.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AGUILAR TO 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD WILL MOVE TO NEAR AGUILAR AND JUST WEST OF
TRINDAD BY 115 PM.

AT 1243 PM...RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
AGUILAR...15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD AND NEAR LA VETA
PASS.  THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WINDS TO 40 MPH AND
HAIL LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 10 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...POW`ER 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.

TLM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1257 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996

...THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WEST OF TRINIDAD OVER THE SOUTHERN
SANGRE DE CRISTOS...

A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF VIGIL AND IN THE
UTE HILLS WEST OF TRINIDAD.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ABOUT ONE INCH OF RAINFALL SINCE NOON MDT.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS GOING TO CAUSE RISES IN STREAMS...DRY
CREEK BEDS AND ARRxOYOS WHICH DRAIN INTO THE PURGATOIRE RIVER AND
DOWNSTREAM TO WESTON.

LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM...THUS LOCALIZED
HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 130 PM ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS.

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COZ074-075-072020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
134 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF WALSENBURG...

AT 130 PM...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CENTERED ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF
WALSENBURG WAS SHOWING A SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT AT LESS THAN 10 MPH.
THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY WEST OF I-25 THROUGH 200 PM.

THE STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL 1/2
INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 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.

TLM/SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
201 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE IN NORTHERN EL PASO
COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO BE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN
PARTS OF EL PASO COUNTY...NEARING RAMAH BY 230 PM MDT.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE BLACK FOREST BY 210 PM
MDT...CROSSING HIGHWAY 24 BY 220 PM.

EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL NEARING 1/2 INCH IN
DIAMETER...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME WILL
PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40
MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

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