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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2015, 1:40 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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 29, 2015, 1:40 PM MDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2015, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 May 29, 11:37 AM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 11:37 AM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 11:44 AM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1144 AM MDT FRI MAY 29 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-301745- 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- 1144 AM MDT FRI MAY 29 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE IN AND NEAR THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE PLAINS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. HAIL TO AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER OR SLIGHTLY LARGER...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE TODAY...PARTICULARLY IF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IMPACT BURN SCARS OR AREAS WITH SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERIOR VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING BRIEF MODERATE RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...AND LIGHTNING. SOME BRIEF SMALL HAIL UNDER 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE HIGHER PEAKS ABOVE 12000 FEET COULD SEE LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. AREA RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AND FAST...ESPECIALLY WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY. USE CAUTION IN AND NEAR WATER WAYS AS BANKS ARE UNSTABLE AND FAST FLOWS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY INTO THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. 10/44
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:40 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 28, 6:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| May 28, 6:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| May 28, 6:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 51 min |
| May 28, 8:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 43 min |
| May 28, 8:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 50 min |
| May 28, 8:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| May 29, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 24 min |
| May 29, 2:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 29, 2:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 49 min |
| May 29, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 39 min |
| May 29, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo | 24 min |
| May 29, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 44 min |
| May 29, 4:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 36 min |
| May 29, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 50 min | |
| May 29, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 40 min |
| May 29, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 44 min |
| May 29, 5:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 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.