1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 1:00 PM MST, 5 hours earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 200 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001 MAIN CONCERN IS THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL MAINLY TONIGHT. OTHER CONCERN IS POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. CURRENTLY DEW POINTS OVER THE FORECAST AREA ARE IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW MOISTURE PLUME CONTINUING TO MOVE THROUGH AZ...INTO UT AND CO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. TONIGHT THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS CENTERED OVER NM ALLOWING THE MOISTURE TO CONTINUE STREAMING INTO THE AREA. AT THE LOWER LEVELS MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ABUNDANT. WEAK LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL AGAIN HELP TO FOCUS THE ACTIVITY ALONG THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. THUS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIP BY LATE NIGHT. THE SW AND CENTRAL MTNS SHOULD SEE SCATTERED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. THIS EVENING THE 700MB WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY THAN SE...AND AT 500MB THE FLOW WILL BE SW. THE FLOW ALOFT IS NOT VERY STRONG AND STORMS TONIGHT SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL AGAIN MEAN HEAVY RAINFALL FOR SOME AREAS. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON PRECIP AMOUNTS ALONG THE EASTERN MTNS AND NEARBY PLAINS TONIGHT...AND ONE OTHER AREA THAT WILL HAVE TO BE WATCH CAREFULLY TONIGHT IS KIOWA COUNTY WHERE ISOLATED AREAS HAD 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT...AND WITH THE RUNOFF THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM CHEYENNE COUNTIES HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE QUITE MILD AGAIN. ON SATURDAY THE LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL BE SOUTHERLY...WITH THE FLOW ALOFT FROM THE SW. IF THE MODELS ARE CORRECT...THE STEERING FLOW WILL BE A LITTLE STRONGER AND SHOULD MEAN FASTER MOVING STORMS. THE UPPER HIGH WILL STILL BE CENTERED OVER NM STILL ALLOWING THE TROPICAL MOISTURE TO MOVE OVER THE AREA. THUS...WITH THE MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND MAINLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN MAY NOT BE AS MUCH OF A PROBLEM SATURDAY IF THE STORMS ARE FASTER MOVING. BUT WE STILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHERE THE RAIN IS OCCURRING SATURDAY ESPECIALLY IF IT FALLS OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TODAY. MODEL TEMPS OVER THE AREA TOMORROW ARE A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER. SUNDAY AN UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO LIE ALONG THE WEST COAST WITH THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTED EAST. A WEAK LEE TROUGH IS ALSO FORECAST OVER EASTERN CO...WITH THE MODELS SHOWING SOME DRIER AIR OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND THAT WITH THE DAYTIME HEATING WE WILL SEE SOME AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE ON SATURDAY. EXTENDED (MON-FRI): MONDAY THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER TX AND OK WITH SW FLOW OVER MUCH OF CO WITH THE UPPER TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST. TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE UPPER HIGH IS OVER KS WITH A TROUGH REMAINING OVER THE WEST COAST LEAVING CO WITH SW FLOW ALOFT. MOISTURE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD DOES NOT LOOK REALLY SIGNIFICANT...BUT WE WILL STILL SEE SOME AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MTNS. TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD SHOW LIT1TLE CHANGE. PUB...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
348 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM FLORENCE CO 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/13/01 FREMONT
0345 PM 6E CANON CITY CO FLASH FLOOD
07/13/01 FREMONT SHERIFF'S DEPUTY REPORTED
8 MILE CREEK RUNNING 2 TO
3 FEET HIGH...AND RUNNING
VERY RAPIDLY. LOCATION
IS NEAR PHANTOM CANYON
ROAD (HIGHWAY 67).The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike hit a residence causing a fire which was extinguished in about 30 minutes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 2001
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