3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 20, 1:09 PM MST, 1 minute earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO 209 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003 SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...(TONIGHT AND SATURDAY). MAIN CONCERNS ARE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE EVENING. CURRENTLY...CONVECTION IS STARTING TO FIRE ALONG THE MOUNTAINS AND I- 25 CORRIDOR AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST. THERE IS PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY THIS EVENING FOR SEVERE CONVECTION. TONIGHT...AS SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH IN THE EVENING...CONVECTION WILL MOVE TO THE EAST DURING THE EVENING. THE RUC AND MESOETA HAVE THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SLOWLY MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING. AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WILL BE THE INSTABILITY. MAIN QUESTION IS THE MAGNITUDE TO WHICH THE WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHEASTERLY. RUC AND MESOETA HAVE THE LOW LEVEL WINDS TURNING TO ABOUT 170 OR 160 DEGREES WHICH WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH SHEAR FOR SOME SUPERCELLS THIS EVENING. SATURDAY...WARM AND DRY AIR ALOFT MOVES INTO THE ENTIRE REGION. TEMPS REBOUND NICELY TO NEAR SEASONABLE VALUES. WITH ALL THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVING TO THE EAST OF THE STATE...NIL POPS LOOK GOOD. -WOLYN- LONG TERM DISCUSSION...(SAT NIGHT-FRI). STILL APPEARS WARM AND DRY WX WILL DOMINATE THROUGH MONDAY...BUT SERIOUS MODEL TIMING ISSUES APPEAR BY MID WEEK. 12Z GFS HAS THROWN A REAL CURVE INTO THE FCST...WITH A MUCH DEEPER UPPER TROUGH AND A FAIRLY STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE BY TUE EVENING. OTHER MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AND ENSEMBLE SUGGEST THIS SOLUTION IS AN OUTLIER...WITH A SLOWER/FLATTER SOLUTION PREFERRED. WILL GO WITH A SOMEWHAT SLOWED DOWN VERSION OF THE 00Z GFS AS A COMPROMISE FOR NOW. MAIN CHANGES TO GRIDS WERE TO COOL TEMPS OFF SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY...THOUGH WILL STILL GO ABOVE MEX NUMBERS ANTICIPATING A SLOWER FROPA THAN EITHER 00Z OR 12Z GFS SUGGESTS. KEPT THE COOLING TREND GOING THU AS UPSLOPE SHOULD BE WELL ESTABLISHED...THEN SLIGHT WARMING AS FLOW GOES BACK SRLY. FOR POPS...HAVE SOME DOUBTS ABOUT TUE TSRA CHANCES BUT WILL LEAVE THE SLIGHT CHANCES GOING FOR NOW WITH LAPSE RATES INCREASING DUE TO AN EASTWARD SHIFT OF THE MID LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE. ADDED POPS TO WED-FRI FCST FOR MOST AREAS...AS EVEN THE SLOWEST MODEL SOLUTIONS SUGGEST THE UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS BY WED EVENING...ALLOWING COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH AND UPSLOPE TO DEVELOP OVER THE EAST. --PETERSEN .PUB...NONE.
COZ058>089-093>099-211300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1044 AM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003.........CORRECT TYPO. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND SAN LUIS VALLEY. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE ON THE PLAINS...WITH THE BEST CHANCE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. SATELLITE DATA LATE THIS MORNING WAS TRACKING AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TRACK OVER ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY IS ALREADY IN PLACE. THE COMBINATION OF THE INSTABILITY AND INCREASING WIND SHEAR ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR A FEW ROTATING SUPERCELL STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM MOTION TODAY SHOULD BE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH MAY BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RATHER QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO THE LAST FEW DAYS...HEAVY RAINS ON SATURATED GROUNDS MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCAL AREAS RECEIVING FLOODING RAINS...ESPECIALLY IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MUCH DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 1 PM OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. HODANISH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of slow moving thunderstorms dropped large hail on parts of Pueblo from the southwest to northeast. There was damage primarily to the roofs of structures and vehicles.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, June 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5365303, 5365304, 5365305.