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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 11, 2014Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2014, 3:48 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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: Jun 11, 2014, 3:48 PM MDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2014, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Bent County, CO

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The text

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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 Jun 11, 3:03 PM MDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:03 PM MDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 11:03 AM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1103 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-121715-
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-
1103 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY MIDNIGHT THE STORMS WILL BECOME MORE
ISOLATED...AND THEN BY MORNING...THERE MAY JUST BE A FEW SHOWERS
OR STORMS NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER. THE MAIN THREATS WITH
THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS TODAY WILL BE LIGHTNING
AND LOCAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. HOWEVER A STRONG STORM OR TWO
WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL LESS THAN 1/2
INCH IN DIAMETER AND BRIEF MODERATE RAINFALL. OVER THE SOUTHEAST
PLAINS...THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH...LIGHTNING...AND SOME SMALL HAIL LESS THAN 1 INCH IN
DIAMETER. HOWEVER...ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES BEHIND A COLD FRONT. HAIL AROUND 1 INCH
IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OCCUR...BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
WIDESPREAD. HOWEVER...ANY HEAVY RAINFALL ON AREA BURN SCARS COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING
AND LOCAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. A STRONG STORM OR TWO WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN
DIAMETER AND BRIEF MODERATE RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 12:25 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 12:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:11 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:48 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 6:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jun 11, 12:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
Jun 11, 12:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	31 min
Jun 11, 1:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	34 min
Jun 11, 3:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	23 min
Jun 11, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	32 min
Jun 11, 4:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	23 min
Jun 11, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	23 min
Jun 11, 4:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	33 min
Jun 11, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	45 min
Jun 11, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	34 min
Jun 11, 5:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Kiowa	3 hr

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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.