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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 6:17 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2016, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Bent County, CO
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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 16, 5:38 PM MDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 5:38 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1122 AM MDT TUE AUG 16 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-171730- 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- 1122 AM MDT TUE AUG 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, INITIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS, AND SPREAD EAST INTO THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL, HAIL AROUND 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER, GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MPH AND HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING. IF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS ON AREA BURN SCARS, IT COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE WILL BE DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS, WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. HOWEVER, THIS WEEKEND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL SEE INCREASED MOISTURE AND A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH STORMS 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 LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND, AND THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PEAKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. 88/88
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 404 PM MDT TUE AUG 16 2016 COZ084-162245- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT CO- 404 PM MDT TUE AUG 16 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM MDT... AT 404 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PEYTON...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CALHAN AND PEYTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3908 10424 3895 10426 3894 10461 3913 10458 TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 096DEG 6KT 3901 10447 KAM
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
449 PM MDT TUE AUG 16 2016
COZ084-085-162345-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
449 PM MDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 449 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTH OF RUSH...OR 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING WEST AT
15 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YODER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3897 10405 3889 10406 3880 10423 3902 10430
3902 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 070DEG 11KT 3894 10414
MOORELocal storm report, Aug 16, 5:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 6:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Saguache | 117 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.