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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 19, 2020Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2020, 10:10 PM MDT for Teller 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: May 19, 2020, 10:10 PM MDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2020, 10:45 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Teller 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.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 19, 8:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 8:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 9:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 7:02 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
702 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020

COZ094-200130-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-
702 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM MDT...

At 701 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 20
miles west of Kenton, or 28 miles east of Des Moines, moving north at
40 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Kim.

LAT...LON 3739 10348 3734 10310 3700 10314 3700 10354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 193DEG 34KT 3690 10334

Hodanish

Special weather statement, May 19, 7:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 8:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 9:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 9:13 PM MDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 10:10 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 6:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	31 min
May 19, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	45 min
May 19, 6:53 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	22 min
May 19, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		28 min
May 19, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	32 min
May 19, 7:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	34 min
May 19, 7:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		52 min
May 19, 7:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	46 min
May 19, 8:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	29 min
May 19, 8:05 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	25 min
May 19, 8:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	28 min
May 19, 8:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	26 min
May 19, 8:40 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	22 min
May 19, 8:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	114 min
May 19, 9:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	45 min
May 20, 2:44 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Huerfano and 6 more	24 hr

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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.