1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jul 26, 1:47 PM MST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 247 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY) CURRENTLY...DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA WITH SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST PORTION...AS SEEN IN SOUNDINGS...SATELLITE...AND RESULTANT TSRA. DEW POINTS ARE QUITE HIGH...WITH READING FROM NEAR 40 IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE 40S AND 50S HIGH VALLEYS. NEAR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR ALOFT IS MIXING DOWN...BUT DEW POINTS STILL IN THE MID 40S TO 60S ACROSS THE PLAINS. MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS IS LOCALIZED FLOODING AND CG LIGHTNING. TONIGHT...SHORTWAVE OVER SOUTHERN MONTANA...IDAHO...AND WESTERN WYOMING FORECAST TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEASTWARD. WHILE MID AND LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE QUITE LIGHT...500MB AND JET STREAM WINDS SHOULD MOVE STORMS FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. STILL A THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING...LIKE LAST NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ON THE BURN SCARS. WITH THE MAIN SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING NORTH OF THE AREA...MODELS STILL KEEP SOME LATE NIGHT CONVECTION IN THE SOUTHEAST...SO EXTENDED THE ISOLATED POPS NORTHWARD A BIT IN THE SOUTHEAST...BLENDING WITH GLD AND DDC. CONVECTION SHOULD DIE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. THURSDAY...NAM/WRF AND GFS SOLUTIONS STILL DIFFERENT...WITH NAM/WRF KEEPING MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE OVER CWFA...WHILE GFS HAS DECENT DRYING ALOFT. GIVEN THAT THE CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING A DISTINCT PUSH OF DRY AIR INTO UTAH AND CENTRAL COLORADO...GFS SOLUTION MAY BE BETTER. FOR NOW...KEPT INHERITED LOWER POP FORECAST VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED. MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES CHANGE LITTLE FROM TODAY...SO HIGHS WILL BE CLOSE TO TODAYS...WITH 90S AND UPPER 80S ACROSS THE PLAINS AND 60S TO 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. -TLM- .LONG TERM... (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY) LEFT MUCH OF PREVIOUS SHIFT GRIDS ALONE DAYS 3 AND 4 AS THEY AGREED WELL WITH 12Z GFS. DID NOT USE MUCH OF NAM GRID DATA PER DISCUSSIONS BY FORECASTERS IN WASHINGTON REGARDING FEEDBACK PROBLEMS. ONE PROBLEM WHICH SEEMS TO POP UP WITH BOTH PROGS CONCERNS PRECIPITATION FORECASTS. THE TENDENCY IS TO STALL WEAK SYSTEMS OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND FORECAST TOO MUCH PRECIPITATION OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BE INJECTED INTO THE AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WHICH WILL KEEP MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PICTURE THROUGH THE WEEK. MOST...IF NOT ALL...THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY MIDNIGHT EACH DAY. THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL GRADUALLY BE SHUNTED EAST AS A TROF DEEPENS ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST. WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA ADDING LIFT TO THE MONSOON MOISTURE WHICH WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA AT HIGHER LEVELS...AND FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NEAR THE SURFACE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN COOL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH MOVES EAST AND WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE GFS INDICATES THAT A WEAK COOL FRONT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO ABOUT WEDNESDAY. USED MAINLY THE GFS 12Z SOLUTION FOR DAYS 7 AND 8. HOWEVER...DID NOT BUY INTO THE QPF BULL/S EYE OF PRECIPITATION IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO FROM DAY 6 ON. DID DROP HIGH TEMPERATURES BACK ABOUT 5 DEGREES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FROM PREVIOUS FORECASTS WHICH WERE BASED ON 06Z GFS DATA. -JKH- && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 13/51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 650 AM MDT WED JUL 26 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-271300- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 650 AM MDT WED JUL 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THIS MORNING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. BY THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COME SCATTERED ACROSS ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE REGION AND LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE PLAINS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. ALL THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO EACH DAY...WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS THE MONSOON PLUME SHIFTS BACK OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE REGION.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1217 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM FLASH FLOOD 10 N FLORISSANT 39.09N 105.29W
07/25/2006 TELLER CO COUNTY OFFICIAL
ROAD DAMAGE IN TURKEY CREEK BASIN
0730 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 SE LA VETA 37.49N 104.98W
07/25/2006 HUERFANO CO COUNTY OFFICIAL
ROAD DAMAGE
0740 PM FLASH FLOOD 8 WSW AGUILAR 37.36N 104.79W
07/25/2006 LAS ANIMAS CO TRAINED SPOTTER
MAJOR EROSION AND ROAD DAMAGE
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TLMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
257 PM MDT WED JUL 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM HAIL SALIDA 38.53N 106.00W
07/26/2006 M0.75 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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MNThe Pueblo radar (KPUX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A house was struck by lightning, but smoke and water damage was mainly confined to the attic area and a small portion of the house.
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