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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 16, 2015Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2015, 2:15 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2015, 2:15 PM MDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2015, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Las Animas County, CO

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 16, 11:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 11:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1159 AM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 946 AM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

UPDATED TO INCREASE POPS EARLIER TODAY...AS NEW DISTURBANCE MOVES
ACROSS CO THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. EXPECT GOOD COVERAGE OF
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MTS AND I-25 CORRIDOR. WITH HIGHER
INSTABILITY TODAY...A FEW STORMS COULD BE ON THE STRONG TO SVR
SIDE. FLASH FLOODING WILL AGAIN BE THE TOP CONCERN. ROSE

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 411 AM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

CURRENTLY...NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE 4 CORNERS
REGION...BUT AN UPPER DISTURBANCE STRETCHING FROM THE DAKOTAS DOWN
ACROSS CO AND INTO WESTERN NM WAS TAPPING INTO AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO
PRODUCE CONVECTION. THIS IS WHAT HELPED SPAWN HEAVY RAINFALL AND
VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY LAST
NIGHT...AND WHAT IS AIDING CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUANS
THIS MORN. MUCH OF THE CWA WAS PARTLY CLOUDY...WITH TEMPS DIPPING
INTO THE 50S TO AROUND 60F AS OF 430 AM.

TODAY AND TONIGHT...WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT REMAINS IN PLACE...BUT
MODELS AGREE ON A WARMER AND POTENTIALLY MORE ACTIVE DAY TODAY.
FORECAST MAX TEMPS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 5-10 DEGREES F WARMER...AND
COMBINED WITH THE LINGERING UPPER DISTURBANCE CONVECTION WILL ONCE
AGAIN FIRE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN LATE MORNING...THEN MOVE ACROSS
THE ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVE. GIVEN THE
ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUANS THIS
MORN...ACTIVITY MAY GET AN EARLY START TODAY. THE DAY ONE OUTLOOK
FOR THE AREA HIGHLIGHTS THE PALMER DVD AS MARGINAL...WHERE THE
HOTTEST CAPES ARE...SO STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HAIL LARGER THAN
ONE INCH AND WIND TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL.
SO...ANOTHER DAY OF KEEPING AN EYE ON BURN SCARS AND FLOOD PRONE
AREAS. MOORE

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 411 AM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

...STILL A COUPLE MORE ACTIVE DAYS AHEAD THEN MUCH DRIER AND
HOT...

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY STILL LOOK ACTIVE...WITH DAILY ROUNDS OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. MAIN THREATS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL OVER
URBAN AREAS...BURN SCARS AND STREAMS SWOLLEN BY SNOWMELT. ALSO
MARGINAL SEVERE THREAT FOR 1 OR 2 STORMS PRODUCING 1 INCH DIAMETER
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH.

DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER LOOKS TO MOVE IN FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THERE MAY BE SOME SPOTTY ACTIVITY AT TIMES...BUT THE PERIOD LOOKS
HOT AND DRY OVERALL. MODELS ARE FORECASTING TEMPERATURES IN THE
90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES OVER THE PLAINS LATE THIS WEEK THROUGH MONDAY.
THIS WOULD BE TRUE SUMMER HEAT AND THE HOTTEST WEATHER SO FAR THIS
YEAR.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1156 AM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

MAIN CONCERN WILL BE TS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TIMING IS A
BIT EARLIER THAN YESTERDAY...SO COULD SEE TS AFFECTING THE TAF
SITES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE STORMS WIND DOWN AFTER 03Z
THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL BE A BIT STRONGER TODAY...AND THE
STRONGER STORMS COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE INCH
AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS EXPECTED
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ROSE

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 411 AM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

CONTINUING SNOW MELT...ONGOING ISSUES AND ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN
OVER THE PAST WEEKS HAS KEPT WATER LEVELS ELEVATED...AND ESPECIALLY
SO IN LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES. THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
ELSEWHERE...HEAVY RAINFALL MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY IS
SENDING A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER DOWN THE FOUNTAIN AND INTO THE
ARKANSAS...WHICH WILL IN TURN AFFECT ONGOING FLOOD WARNINGS ALONG
THE ARKANSAS. MOORE

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR COZ058>063.

&&

UPDATE...ROSE
SHORT TERM...MOORE
LONG TERM...LW
AVIATION...ROSE
HYDROLOGY...MOORE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 12:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:15 PM MDT, 2 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1215 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

COZ072-073-078-079-087-161900-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO-
1215 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HUERFANO...SOUTH
CENTRAL CUSTER AND EASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM MDT...

AT 1215 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER CRESTONE PEAK...OR 37 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALAMOSA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTONE PEAK...GREAT SAND DUNES...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE AND
ROSITA.

LAT...LON 3786 10558 3797 10566 3818 10538 3795 10521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 240DEG 11KT 3796 10556

KT

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:21 PM MDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:50 PM MDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:59 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 2:15 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
Jun 15, 6:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Chaffee, Saguache	116 min
Jun 15, 8:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 15, 9:35 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 15, 10:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Teller	2 hr
Jun 15, 10:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont	3 hr
Jun 15, 11:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	118 min
Jun 15, 11:21 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 hr
Jun 15, 11:27 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo	2 hr
Jun 15, 11:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 16, 1:17 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	29 hr
Jun 16, 1:24 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	6 hr
Jun 16, 2:08 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	65 hr
Jun 16, 2:08 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	3 days
Jun 16, 8:08 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Fremont	7 days
Jun 16, 10:51 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	39 min
Jun 16, 11:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	52 min
Jun 16, 12:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	45 min
Jun 16, 12:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		43 min
Jun 16, 12:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	47 min
Jun 16, 1:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Las Animas	3 hr
Jun 16, 1:17 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	13 hr
Jun 16, 1:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	39 min
Jun 16, 1:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	46 min
Jun 16, 1:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	3 hr
Jun 16, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	46 min

Nearby

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Sources

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