A thunderstorm produced winds around 60 mph which ripped off large trees limbs and partially peeled off the roof of the El Paso County Courthouse in downtown Colorado Springs.
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A thunderstorm produced winds around 60 mph which ripped off large trees limbs and partially peeled off the roof of the El Paso County Courthouse in downtown Colorado Springs.
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 Jun 26, 3:33 AM MST, 10 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 433 AM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) CWFA CURRENTLY BEING GRACED BY VARIABLE CLOUDS...GENERALLY ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS OF ALAMOSA AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES AND MILD LATE JUNE EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES. LATEST SATELLITE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND PRECIPITABLE WATER PLOTS INDICATE THAT CWFA NOTING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RUNNING SOME 140 TO 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL ACROSS THE CWFA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH MOST RECENT COMPUTER SIMULATIONS/MODELS AND FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING SOME DECREASE IN PW VALUES...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY SURGE WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS TONIGHT. ALSO...PER LATEST PV15 AND SATELLITE ANALYSIS...IT APPEARS THAT ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SO FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL PAINT MAJORITY OF GRIDS/ZONES WITH GENERALLY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE PRIMARY METEOROLOGICAL THREAT BEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ALTHOUGH A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THANKS TO LOCALIZED MAXIMUM POTENTIAL CAPE/LIS AND 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES OF 1800 J/KG/-6C AND 30 KNOTS RESPECTIVELY. AFTER MIDNIGHT...EXPECT THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON THE DECREASE...THANKS IN PART TO DEPARTING UPPER WAVE. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TODAY SHOULD BE NEAR TO A CATEGORY OR SO COOLER THAN VALUES NOTED YESTERDAY OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA...WHILE EASTERN SECTIONS OF CWFA SHOULD NOTE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES NEAR TO A CATEGORY OR SO HIGHER THAN VALUES NOTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO A FEW DEGREES COOLER MOST AREAS SATURDAY MORNING AS COMPARED TO THIS MORNING. .LONG TERM... (SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY) MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF CONSIDERABLY ON HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE THREAT FOR SATURDAY...AS AIR MASS BECOMES FAIRLY STABLE DURING THE DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. STILL SOME MODEST INSTABILITY OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS BY AFTERNOON...BUT BETTER FORCING SEEMS TO BE WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA...CLOSER TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER NM/TEX PANHANDLE. LOWERED POPS MOST AREAS SAT AND SAT NIGHT...AND BACKED OFF QPF AMOUNTS IN THE GRIDS. 0-6KM SHEAR STILL LOOKS STRONG ENOUGH FOR A SEVERE STORM OR TWO...BUT WITH CAPES GENERALLY BELOW 500 J/KG AND SOUNDINGS SUGGESTING VERY LOW TOPPED CONVECTION AT BEST...WILL REFRAIN FROM ANY MENTION OF SEVERE IN BOTH THE FORECAST AND THE HWO. COULD BE SLIGHTLY MORE ACTIVE ON SUNDAY AS INSTABILITY LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND I-25 CORRIDOR...WHILE FAR EASTERN PLAINS AGAIN LOOK FAIRLY STABLE AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS REVEAL RATHER UNIMPRESSIVE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. TAPERED BACK POPS SLIGHTLY MOST AREAS TO BLEND WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES. UPPER RIDGE THEN SLOWLY REBUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. EARLY NEXT WEEK...LEAVING MOST OF THE AREA IN WEAK W-NW UPPER FLOW. CONCEPTUALLY...THIS PATTERN CAN BE FAVORABLE FOR OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF STRONG CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...THOUGH STRENGTH AND EXTENT OF STORMS WILL BE DETERMINED BY LOCATION AND WESTWARD PUSH OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ON THE PLAINS. CURRENT ISOLATED POPS LOOK FINE FOR NOW...WITH TEMPERATURES NUDGING BACK TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL BY MID-WEEK. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT KALS/KCOS AND KPUB TODAY...ALTHOUGH SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS(CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL) COULD LEAD TO BRIEF PERIODS OF REDUCED CEILING AND VISIBILITIES AT THE TAF SITES. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 77/10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 701 AM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 COZ058>089-093>099-271315- 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- 701 AM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO NUMEROUS MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY METEOROLOGICAL THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE HAZARDOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 7/8 INCH OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS MEETING REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOON AND 10 PM. 77/10
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 225 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 COZ085-086-089-093-095-262100- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- 225 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 222 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOONE...OR 25 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOWLER. MANZANOLA. OLNEY SPRINGS. CROWLEY. SUGAR CITY. ORDWAY. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A section of the El Paso County Courthouse roof was peeled off and a contractor worker was slightly injured. Power to 1300 customers was lost for a short time.
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