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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 11, 2020Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2020, 6:49 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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 11, 2020, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2020, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

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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 Jul 11, 3:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 3:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 11:34 AM MDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:49 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 12:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	37 min
Jul 12, 1:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	22 min
Jul 12, 1:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Jul 12, 1:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jul 12, 1:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	38 min
Jul 12, 1:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	50 min
Jul 12, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	59 min
Jul 12, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo	45 min
Jul 12, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	45 min
Jul 12, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo	43 min
Jul 12, 4:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	24 min
Jul 12, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	20 min
Jul 12, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	58 min
Jul 12, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	61 min

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.