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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2016, 3:25 PM MDT for Prowers 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
- Jul 2, 2016, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Prowers County, CO
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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 Jul 2, 3:04 PM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:04 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1057 AM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-031700- 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 9000FT- 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 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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 VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- 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- 1057 AM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...A FEW STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. ANOTHER CONCERN IS THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER URBAN AREAS...BURN SCARS...AND LOCATIONS WITH SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS OF THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS, WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS, WITH ONLY A FEW STORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. HOWEVER, SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. HODANISH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 222 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016 COZ094-099-022100- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CO-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO- 222 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT... AT 222 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF KIM...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRITCHETT AND KIM. LAT...LON 3708 10336 3729 10345 3749 10285 3723 10262 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 249DEG 14KT 3721 10321 HODANISH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:47 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 249 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016 COZ097-098-022130- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO- 249 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM MDT... AT 249 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MCCLAVE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...WILEY AND MCCLAVE. LAT...LON 3806 10293 3819 10284 3820 10250 3793 10255 TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 277DEG 13KT 3811 10286 HODANISH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 6:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 8:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 8:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 21 min |
| Jul 1, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 9:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 50 min |
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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.