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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 13, 2014Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2014, 7:33 PM MDT for Teller 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

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The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2014, 7:33 PM MDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Teller County, CO

The radar

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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 Jul 13, 3:26 PM MDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:26 PM MDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 11:54 AM MDT, 7 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1154 AM MDT SUN JUL 13 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-141300-
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-
1154 AM MDT SUN JUL 13 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE
ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
MORE ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL AGAIN BE HEAVY
RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 25
CORRIDOR...WITH THE AREA BURN SCARS THE MOST VULNERABLE TO FLASH
FLOODING. HOWEVER...WITH AMPLE MOISTURE IN PLACE...AND AREAS OF
SATURATED SOILS FROM HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY...FLASH FLOODING WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. WITH AMPLE AVAILABLE MOISTURE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THREATS FROM STORMS THAT DEVELOP
INCLUDE LIGHTNING...HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50
MPH. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS
AND PLAINS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

A SLOW WARMING AND DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER
TERRAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

06/27

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:01 PM MDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
201 PM MDT SUN JUL 13 2014

COZ086-132030-
PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
201 PM MDT SUN JUL 13 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 201 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15
MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN PUEBLO...PUEBLO WEST AND PUEBLO RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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 3841 10464 3836 10456 3822 10467 3831 10478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 040DEG 13KT 3834 10464

PJC
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:22 PM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
322 PM MDT SUN JUL 13 2014

COZ065-069-072-073-077-132200-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT CO-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO-
322 PM MDT SUN JUL 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAGUACHE AND
SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM MDT...

AT 321 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SWISSVALE...OR 53 MILES EAST OF GUNNISON...
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM THAT
COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING ON AREA ROADWAYS.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL
SAGUACHE AND SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3845 10600 3849 10594 3831 10576 3829 10603
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 352DEG 9KT 3842 10596

KAM
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 13, 7:32 PM MDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
732 PM MDT SUN JUL 13 2014

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

0720 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 WNW WOODLAND PARK     39.00N 105.06W
07/13/2014  E0.50 INCH       TELLER             CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            15 MINUTE DURATION.

&&

RMG
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:33 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
733 PM MDT SUN JUL 13 2014

COZ081-084-085-140200-
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-
733 PM MDT SUN JUL 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM MDT...

AT 730 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOODLAND PARK...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM...HOWEVER IF
THIS STORM INTENSIFIES FURTHER THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CORE IS ALONG HIGHWAY
24 WEST OF WOODLAND PARK...DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH SOUTHEAST.  RADAR
ESTIMATES AND SPOTTERS HAVE INDICATED NEARLY HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IN
15 MINUTES.  IF THIS AREA OF OF RAIN SHOULD BUILD OVER THE BURN
SCAR...IT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...BUT AT THE CURRENT
TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THIS STORM WILL JUST MISS THE BURN SCAR TO
THE WEST AND SOUTH.  STAY ALERT IN CASE THIS STORM MOVES INTO THE
BURN SCAR.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS...
CHIPITA PARK AND CASCADE.

LAT...LON 3886 10496 3892 10500 3898 10500 3901 10488
      3888 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 358DEG 12KT 3895 10508

KAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller36 min
Jul 13, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa29 min
Jul 13, 9:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller30 min
Jul 13, 10:43 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBBent17 hr
Jul 14, 12:25 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano35 min
Jul 14, 1:00 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCuster, Huerfano, Pueblo2 hr
Jul 14, 1:08 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Las Animas112 min
Jul 14, 1:08 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano22 min
Jul 14, 10:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller30 min
Jul 14, 11:36 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers39 min
Jul 14, 12:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers38 min
Jul 14, 12:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller35 min
Jul 14, 12:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers47 min
Jul 14, 12:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller31 min
Jul 14, 1:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso116 min
Jul 14, 1:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla53 min
Jul 14, 1:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBFremont117 min
Jul 14, 1:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent24 min
Jul 14, 1:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers44 min
Jul 14, 1:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso34 min
Jul 14, 1:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso, Teller119 min
Jul 14, 1:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo39 min
Jul 14, 2:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jul 14, 2:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBPueblo3 hr
Jul 14, 2:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 14, 2:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCostilla, Las Animas3 hr
Jul 14, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso46 min
Jul 14, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero30 min
Jul 14, 2:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo37 min
Jul 14, 3:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jul 14, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero28 min
Jul 14, 3:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano39 min
Jul 14, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso39 min
Jul 14, 3:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas47 min
Jul 14, 3:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jul 14, 3:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBPueblo3 hr
Jul 14, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano44 min
Jul 14, 4:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo3 hr
Jul 14, 4:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo3 hr
Jul 14, 4:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo4 hr
Jul 14, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso39 min
Jul 14, 4:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBLas Animas3 hr
Jul 14, 4:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas45 min
Jul 14, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee42 min
Jul 14, 5:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more5 hr
Jul 14, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller26 min
Jul 14, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley33 min
Jul 14, 5:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller90 min
Jul 14, 5:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa30 min
Jul 14, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBChaffee, Fremont50 min
Jul 14, 5:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso, Teller2 hr

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