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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 9, 2023Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2023, 9:02 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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 9, 2023, 9:02 PM MDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2023, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Otero County, CO

The radar

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The text

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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 9, 2:47 PM MDT, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:47 PM MDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 11:28 AM MDT, 9 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:02 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 9, 9:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	40 min
Jul 10, 11:36 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	39 min
Jul 10, 12:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	37 min
Jul 10, 12:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jul 10, 12:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jul 10, 12:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	24 min
Jul 10, 12:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
Jul 10, 1:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	25 min
Jul 10, 1:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	25 min
Jul 10, 1:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jul 10, 1:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	34 min
Jul 10, 1:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	23 min
Jul 10, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	31 min
Jul 10, 2:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
Jul 10, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	32 min
Jul 10, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas, Otero	31 min
Jul 10, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	33 min
Jul 10, 3:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas, Otero	31 min
Jul 10, 3:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Las Animas	34 min
Jul 10, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	32 min
Jul 10, 4:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	37 min
Jul 10, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	33 min
Jul 10, 5:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	56 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.