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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2015, 4:45 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 17, 2015, 4:45 PM MDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2015, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
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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 17, 3:45 PM MDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:45 PM MDT, 1 hour before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1154 AM MDT MON AUG 17 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-181800- 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- 1154 AM MDT MON AUG 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS EVENING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. PRIMARY STORM THREATS WILL INCLUDE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...FLASH FLOODING AND LIGHTNING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATEST OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. A COUPLE OF STORMS IN THESE AREAS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE... DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. AREAS THAT HAVE RECENTLY SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL...AS WELL AS URBAN AREAS...WILL SEE A THREAT OF FLOODING LASTING THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. 50/50
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 17, 12:36 PM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1236 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NNE COLORADO SPRINGS 38.88N 104.80W
08/17/2015 M0.44 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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PPSpecial weather statement, Aug 17, 2:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
257 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2015
COZ060>066-069-072-073-076>078-172145-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT CO-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT CO-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT CO-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000FT CO-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT CO-
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT CO-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT CO-
257 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE...
NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE...SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHWESTERN CUSTER
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 255 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PONCHA SPRINGS...BONANZA...COTOPAXI...PONCHA PASS...COALDALE...VILLA
GROVE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE
AND HILLSIDE.
THESE STORMS 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 3843 10625 3846 10629 3848 10629 3860 10543
3814 10542 3811 10629 3842 10634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 261DEG 47KT 3831 10580
TLMLocal storm report, Aug 17, 4:20 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 6:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 7:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 46 min | |
| Aug 16, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 8:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 8:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 8:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 9:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 116 min |
| Aug 16, 9:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 11:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 3:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 3:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 15 min |
| Aug 17, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 67 min |
| Aug 17, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 48 min |
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