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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 16, 2019Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2019, 7:49 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2019, 7:49 PM MDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2019, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Kiowa County, CO

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:54 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
654 PM MDT Fri Aug 16 2019

COZ089-093-095-170130-
Crowley County CO-Western Kiowa County CO-
La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO-
654 PM MDT Fri Aug 16 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO...SOUTHWESTERN
KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT...

At 653 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of Ordway, or 27 miles north of La Junta, moving east at
25 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Sugar City.

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.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3828 10385 3845 10380 3844 10339 3817 10345
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 281DEG 22KT 3835 10374

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:00 PM MDT, 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:47 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:49 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa28 min
Aug 16, 6:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley36 min
Aug 16, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa32 min
Aug 16, 7:20 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa25 min
Aug 16, 7:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCheyenne28 min
Aug 16, 7:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca24 min
Aug 16, 8:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa27 min
Aug 16, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa29 min
Aug 17, 3:57 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Fremont, Lake and 2 more16 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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.