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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 2, 2023Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2023, 2:10 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2023, 2:10 PM MDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2023, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
30

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 Aug 2, 12:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 12:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 12:06 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1206 PM MDT Wed Aug 2 2023

COZ058>089-093>099-031815-
Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet-
Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet-
Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet-
Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below
10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Alamosa  Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Southern San Luis Valley-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet-
Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between
7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below
7500 Feet-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range
Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet-
Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-
Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County-
Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
1206 PM MDT Wed Aug 2 2023

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms will develop across the mountains around
noon and spread across the adjacent valleys and southeast plains
this afternoon and evening.  The main risks with thunderstorms today
will be lightning, locally heavy rainfall, and some small hail.
However, one or two storms could briefly become strong to severe
across the southeast plains between 2 PM and 8 PM. Wind gusts to 60
mph, and some brief hail up to 1 inch in diameter will be possible
with any stronger storms, especially near the Kansas border.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Thursday and onwards, scattered rain showers and thunderstorms will
continue, though primarily over the eastern plains. There is
potential for strong to severe storms each day, but uncertainty
remains at this time for primary hazards and areas of greatest
concern.

Critical fire weather conditions will start to become elevated
across areas west of I25 starting this Friday and continuing into
next week as precipitation decreases. The greatest area of concern
at this time is the San Luis Valley, where conditions will be driest
and windiest.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will
be possible over portions of the region.

EHR/SIMCOE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:10 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache30 min
Aug 2, 2:44 PM MDTFlood WatchPUBChaffee, Lake, Saguache13 hr
Aug 2, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca31 min
Aug 2, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache29 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.