1 flash flood, 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 Jun 27, 1:00 PM MST, 3 hours earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO 200 PM MDT THU JUN 27 2002 PRECIP CHANCES AND TEMPS ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS. UPPER RIDGE WILL BE THE MAIN FEATURE OVER THE AREA INTO SATURDAY. THERE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR SLIGHT CHANCES OR CHANCES OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME MINOR CHANGES IN TEMPS ARE SEEN IN THE MODELS...MAINLY OVER WESTERN AREAS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPS WILL WARM SLIGHTLY. LITTLE CHANGE IS SEEN BEYOND SATURDAY WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA...WITH SHORTWAVES AND FASTER FLOW TO THE NORTH. TEMPS ALSO SHOW LITTLE CHANGE. AFTERNOON AND EVENING SLIGHT CHANCES FOR PRECIP STILL LOOK GOOD. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK THUS WILL NOT MAKE CHANGES. .PUB...NONE.
COZ058>081-272000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1155 AM MDT THU JUN 27 2002 ...THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH 7 AM FRIDAY... ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH 7 AM FRIDAY... WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE UP INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO...RAMPART AND WET MOUNTAIN RANGES TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO CARRY MOISTURE UP INTO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. STRONG SOLAR HEATING WILL AID IN THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE LATE DAY STORMS WILL BE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND RAMPART MOUNTAINS MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AS WINDS ALOFT WERE VERY LIGHT. FARTHER OUT ON THE PLAINS...A STRONG TEMPERATURE INVERSION BETWEEN 10 AND 15 THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND SHOULD HINDER THE FORMATION OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS AT LEAST UNTIL THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM ON THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS EVENING WILL BE SLOW MOVING CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PERIOD ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THEREFORE STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BAKER... WFO DENVER
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfall rates of around 1 inch an hour caused flooding across portions of the Hayman Burn Area in Teller county. Over 1000 firefighters were told to head for safe places.
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