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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
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
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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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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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Special weather statement, May 8, 6:16 AM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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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 MOORE
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 7, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 56 min |
| May 7, 6:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 62 min |
| May 7, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| May 7, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 65 min |
| May 7, 7:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 44 min |
| May 7, 8:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 18 min |
| May 7, 9:08 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, El Paso, Lake, Saguache, Teller | 32 hr |
| May 7, 9:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 65 min |
| May 7, 9:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 29 min |
| May 7, 10:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 66 min |
| May 8, 12:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 28 min |
| May 8, 12:55 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 35 min |
| May 8, 1:05 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 25 min |
| May 8, 6:16 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 29 min |
| May 8, 6:49 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 26 min |
| May 8, 7:37 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| May 8, 9:29 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| May 8, 10:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:50 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 18 hr |
| May 8, 12:50 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Otero | 6 days |
| May 8, 1:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 35 min |
| May 8, 1:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 36 min |
| May 8, 1:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 32 min |
| May 8, 2:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 23 min |
| May 8, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| May 8, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| May 8, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 28 min |
| May 8, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 32 min |
| May 8, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 24 min |
| May 8, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 31 min |
| May 8, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 26 min |
| May 8, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 32 min |
| May 8, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 35 min |
| May 8, 3:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 49 min |
| May 8, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| May 8, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 33 min |
| May 8, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 61 min |
| May 8, 4:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 36 min |
| May 8, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 25 min |
| May 8, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 47 min |
| May 8, 5:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| May 8, 5:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 67 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.