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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 30, 2014El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2014, 10:18 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 87 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 30, 2014, 10:18 PM MDT (04:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2014, 11:45 PM MDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:37 PM MDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
637 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

COZ094-099-010130-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CO-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO-
637 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND
SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT...

AT 636 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES SOUTH OF KIM...OR 34 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAS
ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3703 10340 3712 10336 3708 10303 3700 10307
      3700 10342
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 262DEG 37KT 3702 10329
Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
650 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0649 PM     HAIL             CAMPO                   37.10N 102.58W
06/30/2014  E1.75 INCH       BACA               CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.

&&

PP
Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:55 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
749 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

COZ081>086-089-010315-
CROWLEY COUNTY CO-
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-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY CO-
PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
749 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL CROWLEY...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO...SOUTHEASTERN TELLER...EL PASO AND NORTHEASTERN
FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM MDT...

AT 746 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN EL PASO
COUNTY...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDWAY...OR
12 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS AS WELL AS 2 MILES TO THE
SOUTHEAST OF SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...MANITOU SPRINGS...SCHRIEVER AFB...FORT
CARSON...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...CIMARRON HILLS...MIDWAY...TRUCKTON...
PETERSON AFB...RUSH...STRATMOOR...ELLICOTT...HANOVER...PINON...
SECURITY...YODER AND PUEBLO DEPOT.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3820 10403 3838 10450 3836 10450 3839 10451
      3861 10513 3883 10505 3901 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 270DEG 19KT 3867 10489
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:18 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1018 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

COZ084-085-010545-
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-
1018 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM
MDT...

AT 1015 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL EL
PASO COUNTY...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS NEAR FALCON...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS AS WELL AS 3 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST OF
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...
CALHAN...RAMAH...BLACK FOREST...SCHRIEVER AFB...PEYTON...
SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...CIMARRON HILLS...FALCON...TRUCKTON...PETERSON
AFB...RUSH...STRATMOOR...ELLICOTT...GLENEAGLE...SECURITY AND YODER.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3861 10406 3876 10485 3913 10486 3912 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 278DEG 18KT 3895 10467

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 6:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers40 min
Jun 30, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca87 min
Jun 30, 6:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB53 min
Jun 30, 7:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso86 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.