1 tornado, 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 Aug 21, 2:05 PM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MDT SUN AUG 21 2005 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND MONDAY) CURRENTLY...WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW DRIFTING ACROSS THE STATE TODAY... WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION. INSTABILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLAINS/I-25 CORRIDOR...IS MUCH LOWER THAN YESTERDAY...WITH LAPS CAPES OF AROUND 1000 J/KG VERSUS 2000+ J/KG ON SATURDAY. UPPER LOW POSITION PERHAPS SLIGHTLY TOO FAR NORTH AS WELL...WITH WEDGE OF DRIER MID LEVEL AIR WORKING INTO THE SRN HALF OF THE STATE AS INDICATED ON LATEST WV PICS. TONIGHT...SCATTERED MAINLY EVENING POPS LOOK FINE WITH BEST CHANCES NRN HALF OF THE AREA...AND OUT OVER THE FAR SERN PLAINS WHERE CAPES ARE FINALLY INCREASING. CURRENT GRIDS LOOK OK. MONDAY...UPPER LOW WEAKENS AS IT WOBBLES EASTWARD...WHILE WEAK LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUES. NAM APPEARS TO HAVE CAUGHT UP WITH THE GFS...AS BOTH MODELS AT LEAST HAVE SOME LIGHT QPF ACROSS THE AREA. NAM CAPES LOOK A LITTLE HIGHER OVER THE EAST IN THE AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE BOTH SOLUTIONS ARE FAIRLY CLOSE. SHOULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA...WITH CURRENT LOW END SCT POPS IN THE GRIDS LOOKING FINE. GUIDANCE MAXES HAVE BEEN RUNNING TOO WARM THE LAST FEW DAYS...THUS NUDGED MAX TEMP GRID DOWN SLIGHTLY. --ETP .LONG TERM... (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) MON NIGHT-TUE NIGHT...MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH BRINGING SHORT WAVE SYSTEMS EMBEDDED IN THE WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE STATE THOUGH TUESDAY...THOUGH DIFFER IN STRENGTH AND TIMING. AT ANY RATE HAVE GONE CLOSER TO GFS SOLUTION AND WITH AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION MON NIGHT WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW...HAVE KEPT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POPS THROUGH THE EVENING...SAVE THE SW AND CENTRAL MTS AS NOSE OF JET CORE MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN KEEPING SLIGHT CHANCES OF SHOWERS GOING THROUGH THE NIGHT. JET CORE MOVES INTO WESTERN COLORADO TUE AND ACROSS THE STATE TUE NIGHT. WITH INCREASED UVV ACROSS THE AREA...HAVE INCREASED POPS TO CHANCES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...HIGH MT VALLEYS AND EASTERN PLAINS. MODELS ALSO INDICATING RATHER UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FAR SE PLAINS AHEAD OF PASSING SYSTEM...WITH CAPES BETWEEN 1000-2000J/KG AND 0-6KM SHEARS AROUND 35KTS...OWNING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE PLAINS TUE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WED-THU...MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM DIVES OUT OF WESTERN CANADA WEDNESDAY...MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES AND THE UPPER MIDWEST THURSDAY. AGAIN MODELS DIFFERING IN STRENGTH OF SYSTEM... WITH GFS A TAD FURTHER SOUTH THAN LATEST ECMWF WITH TROUGH AXIS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN REACHES OF THE STATE. WITH SOME AVAILABLE MOISTURE ALONG WITH POSSIBLE INCREASED QG ASCENT...HAVE KEPT CURRENT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL POPS AREA WIDE...WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND SEASONAL AVERAGES. IF GFS SOLUTION PANS OUT...COULD SEE A WEAK FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS THU...WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS. FRI-SUN...WARMER AND DRIER TREND INTO THE WEEKEND CONTINUES TO BE ON TAP...AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING ACROSS THE AREA FRI GIVES WAY TO INCREASING SW FLOW SUNDAY AS A PAC NW SYSTEM DIGS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. AGAIN MODELS REMAINING RATHER INCONSISTENT WITH THIS FEATURE WITH GFS FASTER WITH SYSTEM ALLOWING FOR ANOTHER POSSIBLE FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS SUN. HOWEVER...LATEST ECMWF IS SLOWER WITH SYSTEM...AND WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES AT AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGES ALONG WITH ISOLATED DIURNAL POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. -MW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 645 AM MDT SUN AUG 21 2005 COZ058>089-093>099-221300- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- 645 AM MDT SUN AUG 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:51 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief, weak tornado occurred, causing no known damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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