A wildfire was started when tree branches downed power lines. between Monument Lake and North Lake.
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A wildfire was started when tree branches downed power lines. The fire consumed 300 acres of low grass and brush about 5 miles north northwest of Stonewall...between Monument Lake and North Lake.
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 Apr 30, 3:00 AM MST, 7 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 400 AM MDT WED APR 30 2008 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... ...SNOW MOVES INTO THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... SPRING STORM IS NOW MOVING SWWD INTO THE INTERMTN WEST...WITH WAA AND COOLING CLOUD TOPS NOW EVIDENT FROM AB TO WY AND NRN UT. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES NOTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DIFFLUENT EXIT REGION OF THE JET. NOSE OF THE 130 KNOT JET WILL MOVE INTO THE 4 CORNERS REGION BY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH LAPSE RATES STEEPENING AND SYNOPTIC FORCING ON THE INCREASE...CANNOT RULE OUT SOME ISOLD TSTORMS OVR THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVE...SO HAVE LEFT MENTION OF TS IN THE ZONES. OTHERWISE...WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY DRY AND SW TO WRLY WINDS WILL BECOME RATHER STRONG THIS AFTERNOON...PROBABLY IN THE 40 MPH RANGE FOR GUSTS. COMBINED WITH THE VERY LOW RHS...CRITICAL FIRE WX CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVE. TEMPS ALOFT WILL COOL A BIT FROM YESTERDAYS VALUES...BUT STRENGTHENING WESTERLY FLOW SHOULD MORE THAN COMPENSATE...AND EXPECT HIGH TEMPS OVR THE PLAINS A DEGREE OR TWO HIGHER THAN THE HIGHS RECORDED ON TUESDAY. RAPID CHANGES WILL BEGIN LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS THE LEADING EDGE OF MUCH COOLER AIR MOVES IN. SHOULD SEE FIRST FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SHIFT TO NRLY WINDS SOMETIME LATE TONIGHT...POSSIBLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. COULD EVEN POTENTIALLY SEE SOME SCT SNOW SHOWERS OVER TELLER COUNTY BY EARLY THU MORNING AS THE LOW LVLS MOISTEN CONSIDERABLY. NAM IS GENERALLY DRY FOR MOST OF THE CWA THRU THU MORN...BUT ANTICIPATE THAT THE STRONG WAA ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT SHOULD BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF PRECIP TO THE NRN ZONES BY 12Z THU. ONE CAVEAT IS THAT SOME MODEL GUIDANCE...PARTICULARLY THE UKMET...CONTINUES TO DIG THE LOW FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...RESULTING IN A SLOWER PROGRESSION AND DELAY OF PRECIP TO THE AREA. ROSE .LONG TERM... (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) UPR TROF WL MOVE OVR THE AREA ON THU. AT 18Z THU THE 06Z NAM HAS THE LOW CENTERED OVR NWRN CO...WHILE THE GFS HAS IT IN EXTREME SERN WY...WITH THE ECMWF IN BETWEEN THESE TWO. THE 06Z NAM HAS THE LOW FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE 00Z RUN. WITH THE LOW TRACKING ACRS NRN CO THU...THE BEST CHANCES FOR PCPN STILL LOOK TO BE OVR NRN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY OVR THE CENTRAL MTS...TELLER COUNTY AND EL PASO COUNTY. WL LIKELY SEE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THU OVR THE CENTRAL MTS AND OVR AND NR PIKES PEAK. MAX TEMPS THU OVR THE SERN PLAINS WL BE 25 TO 30 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY. BY 06Z FRI THE NAM HAS THE LOW AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE KS...CO AND NE BORDERS MEET...WHILE THE GFS HAS IT FARTHER E IN CENTRAL NE...AND THE ECMWF IS STILL IN BETWEEN THE TWO...BUT FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE GFS. BY FRI EVENING THE NAM SHOWS 50KT WINDS AT H7 OVR EL PASO COUNTY...THEN SPREADING THESE STRONG WINDS EWRD OVR THE SERN PLAINS THRU THE NIGHT. WL PUT SOME FAIRLY STRONG GUSTS IN THE FORECAST. THE NAM AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO BE SLOWER THAN THE GFS AND FARTHER SOUTH THRU FRI...AND WE COULD SEE SOME PCPN WRAP AROUND THE UPR LOW OVR MAINLY PORTIONS OF THE SERN PLAINS. BY LATE FRI NIGHT THAT LOW IS FORECAST TO BE FAR ENOUGH EAST OF THE AREA THAT PCPN WL HAVE ENDED. SAT A SHRTWV RIDGE WL BE OVR THE AREA THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY AND THEN A WEAK SHRTWV TROF IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND COULD BRING SOME PCPN IN AND NR THE MTS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SUN A NEW UPR TROF IS FORECAST TO BE OVR THE WRN STATES. SOME MSTR AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM MAY MOVE INTO MAINLY WRN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SO WE COULD SEE SOME PCPN OVR THOSE AREAS. THE ECMWF AND THE GFS HAVE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THIS SYSTEM...BUT THEY BOTH MOVE A TROF INTO UT BY MON AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE IT ACRS CO MON NIGHT AND TUE...BRINGING A BETTER CHANCE FOR PCPN TO THE FORECAST AREA. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST AT LEAST THROUGH THE FIRST 18 H AT ALL TAF SITES. WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE GUSTY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGER WEST WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN MODERATE MTN WAVE ACTIVITY E OF THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL THROUGH THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT AND COULD BRING SOME LOW CLOUDS AND EVEN SCT PRECIPITATION TO THE MTS AND PALMER DVD BY THU MORNING. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ221-222-224>237. && 44/28
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 530 AM MDT WED APR 30 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-011130- 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- 530 AM MDT WED APR 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 10 PERCENT...HIGH HAINES INDICES...AND DRY FUELS...WILL COMBINE TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK...AND PORTIONS OF TELLER COUNTY. THERE IS ALSO THE CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...AND TELLER COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IT WILL BRING SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND SOME LOWER ELEVATIONS MAY ALSO SEE A LITTLE SNOW. THE BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND OVER PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY. THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS MAY SEE UP TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION THURSDAY...PIKE PEAK MAY SEE 3 OR 4 INCHES...AND TELLER COUNTY MAY SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES. THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING IN AREAS ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA TO THE EAST ON FRIDAY...SOME VERY STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 45 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS MEETING REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND OVER PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A resident lost two outbuildings and a vehicle.
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