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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
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
The outline as issued.
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
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</html>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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</html>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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</html>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.
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RMGSpecial 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
KAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 7:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 9:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 10:43 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 17 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:25 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 1:00 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:08 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 112 min |
| Jul 14, 1:08 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 22 min |
| Jul 14, 10:15 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 11:36 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 12:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 12:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 12:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 12:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 1:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 116 min |
| Jul 14, 1:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 1:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 117 min |
| Jul 14, 1:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 1:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 1:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 1:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 119 min |
| Jul 14, 1:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 2:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Costilla, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 2:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 3:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 3:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 4:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 4:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 5:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 5:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 90 min |
| Jul 14, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 5:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 2 hr |
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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.