1 lightning, 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 Jul 27, 2:41 AM MST, 7 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 341 AM MDT THU JUL 27 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) CURRENTLY...WX QUIET OVER THE REGION. RAIN OVER FAR E PLAINS HAS MOVED E INTO KS. A FEW OTHER SHOWERS OVER THE SW MTNS ARE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING. A FEW SHOWERS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR UP NEAR FCL ARE MOVING SOUTH. TODAY...RIDGE OUT WEST FCST TO BUILD SIGNIFCANTLY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE FCST AREA AS AN UPPER LVL (200 MB) TROPOSPHERIC LOW MOVES W OVER NM TODAY. THIS WILL SHIFT WINDS AT NEARLY ALL LEVELS TO THE NE. IN ADVANCE OF THIS BUILDING RIDGE...A WEAK SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING..AND THIS SHORT WAVE IS FORCING THE PRECIP WHICH IS OCCURRING OVER THE FCL AREA MENTIONED ABOVE. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS COULD MAKE IT ACROSS THE N PART OF THE CWA THIS AM AND HAVE INCLUDED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS THESE AREAS. LATER TODAY PRECIP THREAT WILL TRANSISTION OVER THE SANGRES AND SW MTNS AS MOISTURE IS PUSHED TOWARDS THE SW. FOR THIS REASON HAVE BEST POPS THESE REGIONS. FLOW INCREASES SO STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO THE SW AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP. AS FOR THE E PLAINS...SHOULD SEE LITTLE IF ANY PRECIP AND HAVE VERY LOW POPS THESE REGIONS. FOR TONIGHT...EXPECT PRECIP TO END AFTER MID EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. MAIN EXCEPTION COULD BE FAR S SANGRES MTNS AND SW MTNS AS SOME MSTR WILL LINGER. /HODANISH .LONG TERM... (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) FRIDAY-SUNDAY...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION DRIFTS EAST ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE PERIOD...AS UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE PAC NW COAST MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES. SOME MODEL DISCREPANCIES WITH LATEST GFS SEEMINGLY SUFFERING FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK AS IT DEVELOPS STRONG VORT ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WHICH THEN DRIFTS ACROSS THE STATE. WITH THIS IN MIND...HAVE KEPT WARM FORECAST IN TACT WITH WARM AIR ALOFT UNDER 595DM HIGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS INDICATING SOME MOISTURE AVAILABLE UNDER THE RIDGE...THOUGH WITH EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT...BEST POPS TO BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN MTS AND WESTWARD. MONDAY-WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE SLIDES SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...KEEPING WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS. MODELS INDICATING A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO MONDAY WHICH WILL BE A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION ALONG WITH USHERING IN COOLER AIR ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY. WITH MONSOONAL MOISTURE TAP IN PLACE...ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WITH PASSING SHORT WAVES...HAVE KEPT SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WITH GENERALLY ISOLATED POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. -MW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 34/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 647 AM MDT THU JUL 27 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-281300- 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- 647 AM MDT THU JUL 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTOMRS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND EL PASO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. BY EARLY AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS...BUT THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONCENTRATE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. STORM MOTION THIS MORNING WILL BE TO THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH. BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON...STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. ALL THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO EACH DAY...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS 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 SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two teenage boys were hospitalized after a lightning strike occurred near them on Teller County Road 1 near Cripple Creek. Neither was seriously injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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