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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 30, 2014Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2014, 3:39 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2014, 3:39 PM MDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2014, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Crowley County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 30, 12:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 11:31 AM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1131 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-011745-
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-
1131 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN
JUAN MOUNTAIN RANGES THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE.

MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD
EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING...AND OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO NEAR
45 MPH.

ONE OR TWO STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER BACA
COUNTY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WHERE BETTER MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY WILL EXIST. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST OVERNIGHT...WITH
A FEW LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

LOW HUMIDITY VALUES COMBINED WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE
NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES
THIS AFTERNOON.  EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED WITH ANY OUTDOOR BURNING
ACTIVITIES OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD.
ON TUESDAY...STORMS WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO AREAS IN AND NEAR
THE MOUNTAINS. THEN...THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THE CHANCE
FOR STORMS WILL EXTEND OUT ONTO THE PLAINS.

THE PRIMARY WINDOW FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. PRIMARY STORM THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THE MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER BACA COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

31/44

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:16 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
116 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

COZ086>088-302000-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO-
PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO-
116 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS...
NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM
MDT...

AT 116 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORM 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALSENBURG...OR 25
MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN LAS
ANIMAS...NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3788 10468 3803 10459 3793 10423 3770 10435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 295DEG 14KT 3791 10455

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:39 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
339 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

COZ089-093-095-097-302215-
CROWLEY COUNTY CO-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-
LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
339 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY...WESTERN
KIOWA...NORTHEASTERN OTERO AND NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 415
PM MDT...

AT 338 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILD HORSE POINT...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
AROYA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HASWELL...BLUE LAKE AND ARLINGTON.

LAT...LON 3817 10329 3852 10378 3852 10317 3861 10317
      3851 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 304DEG 23KT 3850 10348

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 12:38 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBChaffee, Lake6 hr
Jun 30, 1:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo44 min
Jun 30, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley89 min
Jun 30, 4:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers95 min
Jun 30, 4:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa92 min
Jun 30, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers85 min
Jun 30, 5:32 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBBaca, Prowers58 min
Jun 30, 5:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers47 min

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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.