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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 4, 2014Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2014, 7:43 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
Aug 4, 2014, 7:43 PM MDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2014, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Teller County, CO

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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 Aug 4, 2:58 PM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 2:58 PM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 11:35 AM MDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1135 AM MDT MON AUG 4 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-051300-
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-
1135 AM MDT MON AUG 4 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 WILL FIRST DEVELOP OVER THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE REGION BY NOON...THEN SPREAD OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND
HIGH VALLEYS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY
MOVE OUT ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON. BY MIDNIGHT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
END...EXCEPT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...WHERE ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN
THUNDERSTORM THREATS...HOWEVER SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA
BURN SCARS...IF A LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OCCURS OVER THE BURN
SCAR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO ON
TUESDAY...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS OVER AND NEAR THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS. HOWEVER...SOME OF THE STRONGER
STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND
SMALL HAIL. IF THE HEAVY RAIN OCCURS ON AREA BURN SCARS...FLASH
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

DRIER AIR WILL SLOWLY WORK INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...WITH
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING IN THE
FORECAST INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH
VALLEYS.

06/06

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:52 PM MDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
152 PM MDT MON AUG 4 2014

COZ081-084-085-042015-
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-
152 PM MDT MON AUG 4 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND WEST
CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MDT...

AT 148 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY INCREASING OVR THE WALDO BURN SCAR. THIS
STORM WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE 0.15 TO 0.30 INCHES OF RAIN AS IT
MOVES SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

IF THIS STORM RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES...THEN RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE.

THIS STORM COULD AFFECT THE ENTIRE BURN SCAR REGION. PEOPLE IN AND
AROUND THE WALDO BURN SCAR SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE WEATHER  THIS
AFTERNOON.

LAT...LON 3884 10494 3898 10505 3903 10491 3892 10478
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 317DEG 11KT 3895 10497

HODANISH
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:42 PM MDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
242 PM MDT MON AUG 4 2014

COZ084-042115-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
242 PM MDT MON AUG 4 2014

AT 240 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THIN FUNNEL
CLOUD WEST OF CALHAN. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS
THROUGH 3 PM. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A BRIEF ROPE-LIKE
TORNADO MAY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. PLEASE BE ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN
AND AROUND THE CALHAN AREA.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALHAN AND PEYTON.

LAT...LON 3897 10461 3910 10447 3902 10427 3886 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 311DEG 13KT 3900 10446

HODANISH
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:54 PM MDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:43 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 9:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso113 min
Aug 5, 1:50 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBMineral25 min
Aug 5, 12:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller34 min
Aug 5, 1:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller34 min
Aug 5, 2:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBLas Animas2 hr
Aug 5, 2:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Las Animas2 hr
Aug 5, 2:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas2 hr
Aug 5, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller34 min
Aug 5, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 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.