A storm south of Pueblo generated a short-lived landspout, as well as hailstones up to the size of nickels.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A storm south of Pueblo generated a short-lived landspout, as well as hailstones up to the size of nickels.
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 10, 3:00 AM MST, 9 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 400 AM MDT SUN JUL 10 2011 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) MAIN CONCERNS ARE PCPN CHANCES AND CHANCE FOR SEVERE WX. MONSOON MSTR WL CONTINUE STREAMING OVR THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH THE UPR RIDGE CENTERED OVR AR...WITH SWRLY FLOW OVR THE FORECAST AREA DRAWING THE MSTR UP FROM THE DESERT SW. AS OF 3AM THE RADAR IS STILL SHOWING SOME SHOWERS ACRS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND WL HAVE TO KEEP AT LEAST SOME ISOLD POPS ACRS THE CWA FOR THE MORNING HOURS. FOR THE DAY...THE GFS FOCUSES THE BEST CHANCES FOR PCPN OVR THE MTS AND PALMER DVD...WHILE THE NAM ONCE AGAIN HAS WIDESPREAD AREAL COVERAGE OF PCPN. WL KEEP MOST OF THE SERN PLAINS IN ISOLD PCPN COVERAGE TODAY...WITH HIGHER POPS OVR THE MTS...HIGH VALLEYS AND I25 CORRIDOR AREAS. IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER VERY WARM DAY WITH TEMPS MOSTLY IN THE 90S OVR THE SERN PLAINS...AND UPR 80S IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. BREEZY SOUTHERLY SFC WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVR MUCH OF THE SERN PLAINS AND SAN LUIS VALLEY...WE COULD SEE MIN RH VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND OVR THE FAR SERN CORNER OF THE STATE...WHICH IS A LITTLE TOO MOIST FOR RED FLAG CONCERNS. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THE NAM IS GIVING A LARGE PORTION OF THE SERN PLAINS CAPE VALUES OF AROUND 2000 J/KG AS IT IS FORECASTING DEW POINTS AROUND 60...BUT THEN THE DEW POINTS COME DOWN A BIT AND THE CAPE VALUES IN THE NAM ARE NOT AS HIGH BY MID AFTERNOON WITH UP TO 800 J/KG SHOWING UP OVR THE PLAINS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES ARE ONLY AROUND 15-20 KTS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. ALSO...THE STEERING FLOW TODAY LOOKS FAIRLY LIGHT AND THUS THE STORMS SHOULD BE FAIRLY SLOW MOVING WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR THE EVENING WL CONTINUE WITH ISOLD TO SCT POPS ACRS THE AREA...BUT BY LATE NIGHT THE ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE...BUT THE MODELS KEEP SOME CHANCE FOR PCPN GOING THRU THE NIGHT...MOSTLY OVR THE HYR TRRN. .LONG TERM... (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) OVERALL GENERAL PICTURE FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD CHANGES VERY LITTLE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND...WITH A TROUGH TO THE WEST AND A RIDGE TO THE EAST...AND SOME SEMBLANCE OF A PLUME OF MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUING TO STREAM INTO THE REGION. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTN AND EVE...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE GULF STATES STARTING MONDAY...WHILE AN UPPER LOW SYSTEM DIVES SOUTH OUT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AS THIS LOW DROPS SOUTH...THE LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE WEST COAST. RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS ALOFT...ALONG WITH THE PLUME OF MONSOON MOISTURE...WILL KEEP SCATTERED POPS FOR MOST AREAS...AND LIKELY POPS IN THE MTS...THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK EACH AFTN AND EVE...WITH ISOLATED POPS THEN LINGERING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GFS AND ECMWF MODELS INDICATE THAT THE UPPER RIDGE TRIES TO SLIDE WEST BACK ACROSS TEXAS ON WED...WHILE AT THE SAME TIME A SFC FRONT DROPS DOWN ACROSS EASTERN CO AND PROVIDES FOR A SLIGHTLY COOLER DAY FOR THE CWA ON WED. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...LONG RANGE MODELS START MOVING THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS BACK TO THE EAST INTO THE WEEKEND...AND THE TREND IS TO MAKE PCPN CHANCES A BIT MORE ISOLATED. THE LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY DEEPENS AND SW FLOW ALOFT OVER THE 4 CORNERS STRENGTHENS...WHICH COULD BRING IN SOME MORE DRY AIR TO MIX WITH THE MONSOON MOISTURE PLUME. THOUGH NOT ENOUGH TO CANCEL ANY MONSOON EFFECTS...THE DRY AIR MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO CUT DOWN ON CONVECTION INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE. A SLIGHT WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. MOORE && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME AT THE THREE TAF SITES...BUT THERE WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...THAT COULD BRIEFLY BRING HEAVY RAIN AND MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS. STRONG OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 28/27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1138 AM MDT SUN JUL 10 2011 COZ058>089-093>099-111300- 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- 1138 AM MDT SUN JUL 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS BURN SCAR AREAS WHERE SOILS WILL BE PRONE TO RAPID RUNOFF AS WELL AS MUD AND ASH FLOWS. LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT WITH ANY STORMS TODAY. ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS...WILDFIRE BURN SCARS...AND IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60S MPH AND HAIL AROUND AN INCH IN DIAMETER. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS FORECAST TO BECOME MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE BEGINNING LATER WEDNESDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 06/06
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 152 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2011 COZ086-102015- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- 152 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES...PUEBLO. AT 147 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PUEBLO RESERVOIR. SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO. BLENDE. 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), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:56 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A short-lived landspout tornado destroyed a carport and damaged a vehicle, and lifted the roof of a recreation room causing some minor damage.
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