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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 16, 2014Saguache County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2014, 8:05 PM MDT for Saguache County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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 16, 2014, 8:05 PM MDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2014, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Saguache 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

Local storm report, Jul 16, 7:42 PM MDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
742 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

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

0742 PM     HAIL             5 NNE ROSITA            38.16N 105.28W
07/16/2014  M0.75 INCH       CUSTER             CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 7:43 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
743 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

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

0615 PM     HAIL             RYE                     37.92N 104.93W
07/16/2014  M1.00 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   STORM CHASER

            IN RYE AFTER SEVERE STORM PASSED.

0730 PM     HEAVY RAIN       7 E COLORADO CITY       37.95N 104.72W
07/16/2014  M1.05 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            15-20 MINUTE DURATION.

&&

RMG

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:44 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
744 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

COZ081-082-084-085-170215-
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-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
744 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND
SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM MDT...

AT 744 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...MANITOU SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB...
STRATMOOR...SCHRIEVER AFB...FORT CARSON...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...
SECURITY AND CIMARRON HILLS.

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 3881 10499 3895 10485 3879 10444 3857 10477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 308DEG 32KT 3884 10485

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:03 PM MDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
803 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

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

0751 PM     DEBRIS FLOW      1 NW CASCADE            38.91N 104.98W
07/16/2014                   EL PASO            CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY 24 MM 292

&&

KAM

Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:04 PM MDT, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 8:05 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
Jul 16, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	26 min
Jul 16, 6:16 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	3 hr
Jul 16, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	30 min
Jul 16, 6:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	50 min
Jul 16, 7:22 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 16, 7:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	47 min
Jul 16, 7:33 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 16, 7:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	24 min
Jul 16, 7:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 16, 8:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	47 min
Jul 16, 8:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	3 hr
Jul 16, 8:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 16, 8:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	16 min
Jul 16, 9:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	44 min
Jul 16, 9:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	3 hr
Jul 16, 10:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	44 min
Jul 16, 10:17 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	118 min
Jul 16, 10:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 17, 12:17 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Las Animas	3 hr
Jul 17, 12:37 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Huerfano	3 hr
Jul 17, 1:22 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	36 hr
Jul 17, 6:38 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Otero	67 hr
Jul 17, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	29 min
Jul 17, 5:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	27 min
Jul 17, 5:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	32 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2014 Every 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.