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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 23, 2023Fremont County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2023, 9:13 PM MDT for Fremont County, Colorado. It was in force for 17 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 23, 2023, 9:13 PM MDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2023, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Fremont 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 May 23, 3:21 PM MDT, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 3:21 PM MDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 11:11 AM MDT, 10 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 7:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 7:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 8:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 8:14 PM MDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 8:26 PM MDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 9:13 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 23, 6:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	23 min
May 23, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	25 min
May 23, 6:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	33 min
May 23, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	28 min
May 23, 7:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	26 min
May 23, 8:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	26 min
May 23, 8:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	31 min
May 23, 8:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	19 min
May 23, 9:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	18 min
May 23, 9:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	32 min
May 23, 10:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	16 min
May 23, 10:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	25 min
May 24, 12:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	27 min
May 24, 12:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
May 24, 12:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	37 min
May 24, 1:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	34 min
May 24, 1:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
May 24, 1:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	33 min
May 24, 2:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	49 min
May 24, 2:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
May 24, 2:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	36 min
May 24, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	32 min
May 24, 2:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	27 min
May 24, 2:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		37 min
May 24, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	33 min
May 24, 3:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	35 min
May 24, 3:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
May 24, 3:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Pueblo	49 min
May 24, 3:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	29 min
May 24, 3:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	38 min
May 24, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	28 min
May 24, 4:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
May 24, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	34 min
May 24, 4:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	23 min
May 24, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	31 min
May 24, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	29 min
May 24, 4:42 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	3 hr
May 24, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	61 min
May 24, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	24 min
May 24, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	36 min
May 24, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	20 min
May 24, 5:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	34 min
May 24, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	46 min
May 24, 5:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	29 min
May 24, 5:18 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	15 min
May 24, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	42 min

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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.