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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 13, 2024Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2024, 2:17 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Jul 13, 2024, 2:17 PM MDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2024, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
55

County Pueblo 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 Jul 13, 11:34 AM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 11:34 AM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 12:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1204 PM MDT Sat Jul 13 2024

COZ058>089-093>099-141815-
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-
1204 PM MDT Sat Jul 13 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will be
possible this afternoon and evening, with the best coverage expected
over the San Juan and southern Sangre de Cristo Mountain Ranges.
Storms will be high based with the main threats being gusty winds
to 45 mph and lightning across the higher terrain. An isolated
storm will also be possible across the southeast Plains which
could produce gusty winds up to 60 mph.

Hot, near record temperatures will be in the offing again today, with
Heat Advisories in place until 8 PM across eastern Fremont, El
Paso, Pueblo, Crowley, Otero, Kiowa, Bent and Prowers counties.
Peoples needing to spend time outdoors should drink plenty of
fluids to stay hydrated.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Dangerous heat continues on Sunday, with daytime readings in the
upper 90s to around 108 degrees across the plains. Temperatures cool
by only a couple of degrees for Monday with Heat Advisories again
possible in the SE Plains. Much cooler temperatures will move in
by Tuesday and continue through the remainder of the week.

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible
over the mountains on Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms will
become more numerous from Monday through the end of the work week.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to return to the plains from
Tuesday through Thursday, with some storms capable of producing
heavy rainfall with the potential for flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

WOODRUM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:17 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
217 PM MDT Sat Jul 13 2024

COZ083-086-132045-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County CO-
217 PM MDT Sat Jul 13 2024

...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT
AND NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM MDT...

At 216 PM MDT, trained weather spotters reported gusty outflow winds
from showers 7 miles west of Pueblo West, or 14 miles west of
Pueblo, moving west at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Southwestern Pueblo, Florence, Pueblo West, Pueblo Reservoir, Pinon,
and Penrose.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3845 10447 3833 10467 3814 10461 3809 10489
      3837 10512 3850 10496 3851 10471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 090DEG 18KT 3835 10487

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers32 min
Jul 13, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas23 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.