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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 8, 2015El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2015, 8:55 AM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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
May 8, 2015, 8:55 AM MDT (14:55 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2015, 9:30 AM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

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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.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 8, 4:10 AM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 4:10 AM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 7:11 AM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 6:16 AM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 8, 6:49 AM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 8, 7:22 AM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 8, 8:47 AM MDT, 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 8, 8:55 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
855 AM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015

COZ085-086-081530-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
855 AM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 854 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINON...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF PUEBLO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HANOVER AROUND 920 AM MDT.
  FOUNTAIN AROUND 930 AM MDT.

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.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

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 3845 10458 3853 10475 3881 10464 3868 10434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1454Z 207DEG 18KT 3854 10464

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano56 min
May 7, 6:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo62 min
May 7, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa62 min
May 7, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa65 min
May 7, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano24 min
May 7, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano44 min
May 7, 8:15 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas18 min
May 7, 9:08 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, El Paso, Lake, Saguache, Teller32 hr
May 7, 9:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas65 min
May 7, 9:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero29 min
May 7, 10:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers66 min
May 8, 12:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent33 min
May 8, 12:32 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa28 min
May 8, 12:55 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent35 min
May 8, 1:05 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers25 min
May 8, 6:16 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller29 min
May 8, 6:49 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller26 min
May 8, 7:37 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
May 8, 9:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
May 8, 10:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso33 min
May 8, 12:50 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBEl Paso18 hr
May 8, 12:50 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Otero6 days
May 8, 1:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo35 min
May 8, 1:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo36 min
May 8, 1:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo32 min
May 8, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas23 min
May 8, 2:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso27 min
May 8, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo34 min
May 8, 2:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo28 min
May 8, 2:43 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBPueblo32 min
May 8, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas24 min
May 8, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo31 min
May 8, 3:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont26 min
May 8, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo33 min
May 8, 3:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo32 min
May 8, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo35 min
May 8, 3:42 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo33 min
May 8, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
May 8, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso49 min
May 8, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo34 min
May 8, 4:12 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero, Pueblo33 min
May 8, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo61 min
May 8, 4:39 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBOtero, Pueblo36 min
May 8, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero25 min
May 8, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller46 min
May 8, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero47 min
May 8, 5:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso27 min
May 8, 5:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller67 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.