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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 23, 2014Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2014, 12:08 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2014, 12:08 PM MDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2014, 12:30 PM MDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Teller County, CO

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The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 23, 11:36 AM MDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 11:36 AM MDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 11:43 AM MDT, 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1143 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-241700-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
1143 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF
SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY
EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL GENERALLY UNDER 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH. ALSO...HAZARDOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT.

IF STORMS MOVE OVER ANY BURN SCARS...INCLUDING THE WALDO CANYON
AND BLACK FOREST SCARS...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR
STORMS WILL BE OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM
THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...HOWEVER SOME
OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE
SIZE OF DIMES...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY. IF THESE SLOW STORMS DEVELOP OR MOVE OVER AREA BURN
SCARS...FLASH FLOODING COULD BE A THREAT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...GENERALLY
ABOVE 11000 FEET.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY...MAINLY OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM
THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

10/27

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 12:08 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1208 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014

COZ081-084-085-231830-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
1208 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 1205 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
WEAK THUNDERSTORM OVER CASCADE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  THIS
WEAK THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR IN THE
NEXT 30 MINUTES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF .10 INCHES OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE
WALDO BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM. IT IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3884 10493 3897 10502 3901 10492 3892 10483
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 230DEG 39KT 3890 10497

PGW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso21 min
May 23, 1:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Las Animas53 min
May 23, 2:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo28 min
May 23, 3:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster47 min
May 23, 3:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo37 min
May 23, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo43 min
May 23, 4:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller63 min
May 23, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas43 min
May 23, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont23 min
May 23, 5:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas45 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.