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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2017, 5:45 PM MDT for Alamosa 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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- Issued
- Jul 16, 2017, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2017, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Alamosa County, CO
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NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 16, 2:29 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:29 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 318 PM MDT SUN JUL 16 2017 COZ094-097-099-162200- Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO- Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County CO-Eastern Las Animas County CO- 318 PM MDT SUN JUL 16 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BACA...EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM MDT... At 317 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles northwest of Kim, or 43 miles north of Des Moines, moving east at 10 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of western Baca...east central Las Animas and southern Bent Counties. Brief weak tornado/landspout possible. 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 3722 10355 3736 10369 3769 10326 3736 10292 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 249DEG 10KT 3734 10353 Skelly/Walrod
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 328 PM MDT SUN JUL 16 2017 COZ065-066-069-162200- La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft CO- Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- Saguache County East of Continental Divide below 10000 Ft CO- 328 PM MDT SUN JUL 16 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT... At 328 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles northwest of La Garita, or 44 miles northwest of Alamosa, moving south at 25 mph. Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Saguache County. 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 3809 10657 3812 10641 3786 10617 3779 10652 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 341DEG 20KT 3796 10641 Skelly/Walrod
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
526 PM MDT SUN JUL 16 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0526 PM HAIL 3 ESE FORT GARLAND 37.42N 105.38W
07/16/2017 M0.25 INCH COSTILLA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:45 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 545 PM MDT SUN JUL 16 2017 COZ070>074-170030- Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO- Southern San Luis Valley CO- Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft CO- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft CO- 545 PM MDT SUN JUL 16 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ALAMOSA...WEST CENTRAL HUERFANO AND NORTHWESTERN COSTILLA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT... At 544 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles east of San Luis Lake, or 18 miles northeast of Alamosa, moving south at 20 mph. Up to dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Alamosa, Blanca, Fort Garland and Blanca Peak. 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 3769 10582 3769 10545 3737 10531 3737 10588 TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 013DEG 17KT 3763 10560 KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 15, 6:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 6:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 6:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee | 111 min |
| Jul 15, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 18 min |
| Jul 15, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 7:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee | 116 min |
| Jul 15, 7:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Mineral, Rio Grande | 112 min |
| Jul 15, 7:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 112 min |
| Jul 15, 8:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 10:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 116 min |
| Jul 16, 1:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee | 117 min |
| Jul 16, 2:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 21 min |
| Jul 16, 3:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 42 min | |
| Jul 16, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 66 min |
| Jul 16, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Saguache | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Rio Grande | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 5:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 5:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 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.