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 May 30, 2:50 AM MST, 10 hours 40 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO 350 AM MDT FRI MAY 30 2003 SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...(TODAY AND TONIGHT). CONCERNS FOR TODAY IS TEMPS...AND THEN FOR TONIGHT IT IS PRECIP CHANCES. UPPER RIDGE TODAY WILL BE CENTERED OVER NRN NM. 700MB TEMPS OVER THE AREA TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 16 TO 18C WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE YESTERDAY. THE FRONT LOOKS LIKE IT WONT REALLY COME INTO PLAY UNTIL THIS EVENING AND SO I HAVE WARMED UP TEMPS IN MOST AREAS FOR TODAY...HOWEVER WITH MORE CLOUD COVER TODAY TEMPS WILL NOT BE AS HOT AS YESTERDAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL STILL BE LACKING TODAY BUT THE MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL STILL BE AROUND AND WE SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE LOW LEVELS BEING DRY...GUSTY WINDS WILL AGAIN BE A THREAT. DEW POINTS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE 40S... POSSIBLY AROUND 50 NR THE KS BORDER...AND THEN INCREASE AS THE FRONT BRINGS IN SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. BULK SHEAR THIS AFTERNOON IS ONLY ABOUT 25 TO 30 KTS BUT THIS ALSO INCREASES THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES IN. CAPES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM ABOUT 600 TO 1000 J/KG AND LAPSE RATES OF 8-9C/KM. CANT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TONIGHT LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWING PW VALUES INCREASING TO 1 INCH OR MORE. WITH A GOOD EASTERLY WIND THIS EVENING PUSHING THE MOISTURE UP ALONG THE MTNS THERE SHOULD BE A GOOD CHANCE FOR PRECIP AND HAVE INCREASED THE POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS THE ERN MTNS AND PLAINS. WILL KEEP SCATTERED POPS FOR THE REST OF THE AREA. MODELS DEVELOP AN MCS OVER ERN CO AND KEEP IT THERE THRU THE NIGHT AND AS A RESULT THE MODELS PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PRECIP IN PORTIONS OF ERN CO OVERNIGHT WITH THE AVN PRODUCING THE MOST. WILL STAY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. LONG TERM DISCUSSION...(SAT-THU) MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO PRECIP CHANCES IN DEVELOPING NW FLOW ALOFT. MODELS CONSISTENT WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY SAT...KEEPING AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA IN EAST TO SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE FLOW. MODELS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH MCS PROPAGATING SE ALONG THETA-E RIDGE ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS INTO WESTERN KS EARLY SAT MORNING...AND WILL ADD SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. IFR/MVFR CLOUDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THE MORNING WILL KEEP TEMPS DOWN AND WILL LOWER HIGHS A TAD ACROSS THE PLAINS. MODELS SOUNDINGS ALSO INDICATING STRONG CAP AROUND 700MB ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS... WHICH WILL HAMPER CONVECTION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL TAKE POPS OUT ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. THE MTNS WILL SEE AMPLE HEATING ALONG WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES AND INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND WILL RAISE POPS. UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO SLIDE SOUTH AND WEST OF AREA...WITH SOME INCREASE IN WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ALLOWING FOR CONVECTION TO MOVE OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE EVENING... AND WILL KEEP CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA. A SHORT WAVE IN THE ZONAL FLOW MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES SENDS ANOTHER WEAK FRONT ACROSS THE PLAINS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY... KEEPING UPSLOPE FLOW AND COOL TEMPS ACROSS THE PLAINS. ENOUGH MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE PRESENT TO KEEP CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE DIURNAL POPS AREAWIDE. FOR MONDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK... MODELS START TO REBUILD A HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN US...WITH A BROAD UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS...KEEPING THE STATE IN UNSETTLED NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. WITH HARD TO TIME SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW...WILL KEEP THE BROAD BRUSH OF MAINLY DIURNAL POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH TEMPS AROUND SEASONAL NORMS. -MW .PUB...NONE.
COZ058>089-093>099-311300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 100 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. ...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY FOR FREMONT COUNTY AROUND CANON CITY...AND THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA IN TELLER COUNTY... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MOIST LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT CANON CITY IS RUNNING HIGH DUE TO SNOWMELT. IF HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN THE TRIBUTARIES UPSTREAM OF CANON CITY...THEN THE ARKANSAS RIVER MAY RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. IF HEAVY RAINS DO NOT OCCUR IN THESE LOCATIONS...THEN THE ARKANSAS IS EXPECTED TO CREST JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 1 PM SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. WITH THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA BEING VERY PRONE TO FLASH FLOOD WITH ONLY MODEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA AS WELL. THE MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW WILL ALSO BRING MORE UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP AFTER 300 PM...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING HAIL AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GUSTS OF 60 MPH. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE AREA THAT WILL BE MOST FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS IS ROUGHLY EAST OF A LINE FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO FOWLER...TO KIM. AS THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE INCREASES TONIGHT...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY IN AREAS ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND NORTHWARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALLOWING FOR A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS BEING HAIL TO AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...AND STRONG WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. AVAILABLE MOISTURE BEGINS TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY... ALLOWING FOR ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 300 PM FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding occurred on Stump Road (Teller County Road 33).
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