Hail in Colorado, August 22, 2013

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
346 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 345 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

...HEAVY RAINERS THIS EVENING...

FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE WALDO AND BLACK FOREST BURN
SCARS THROUGH 8 PM.  OTHER BURN SCARS IN THE AREA ARE NOT OFF THE
HOOK EITHER...JUST NOT QUITE AS MUCH CONFIDENCE AS THE WALDO AND
BLACK FOREST SCARS.  PRIMARY DRIVERS FOR FLASH FLOOD THREAT THIS
EVENING ARE PRECIPITABLE WATER AND SLOW STORM MOVEMENT.  TOTAL
BLENDED PRECIPITABLE WATERS HAVE BEEN CREEPING UP THROUGH THE DAY
AND ARE NOW AT 152% OF NORMAL OVER THE WALDO AND BLACK FOREST
SCARS.  A GOOD PORTION OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO IS
CURRENTLY IN THE 140-150% OF NORMAL RANGE...WITH EXTREMES OF 177%
OVER NORTHWEST CROWLEY COUNTY ON THE HIGH END...AND 100% OVER THE
FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BACA COUNTY ON THE LOW END.  THE OTHER BIG
CONCERN IS THE VERY SLOW STORM MOVEMENTS SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. A
FEW STORM UPDRAFTS HAVE BEEN GOING UP VERY INTENSELY AND THEN JUST
MEANDERING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST OR MOVING HARDLY AT ALL.
THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER AND SLOW STORM MOVEMENT
IS VERY CONCERNING...ESPECIALLY IF A BURN SCAR IS THE TARGET.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR IS THE SURFACE MOISTURE.  DESPITE MODEL
FORECASTS OF SURFACE DEWPOINTS MIXING INTO THE 40S OVER MOST OF THE
I-25 CORRIDOR...THAT HAS NOT REALLY BEEN THE CASE SO FAR.  MOST
AREAS HAVE REMAINED IN THE 50S...WITH JUST A FEW UPPER 40S OVER FAR
NORTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY. SO...IF IT RAINS...IT COULD RAIN
HARD...FOR A LONG TIME...AND WITH VERY LITTLE EVAPORATION.

CURRENTLY...AN INTENSE CLUSTER OF STORMS IS DEVELOPING ALONG AND
JUST NORTH OF THE TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTY LINES.  THIS IS PROBABLY
THE KICK OFF AND THE AREA TO WATCH FOR STORM EVOLUTION OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.  OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL BE COMING SOUTH OUT OF THOSE
STORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...INITIATING NEW CONVECTION THAT
WILL LIKELY BE EQUALLY AS INTENSE. ANOTHER BIG AREA TO WATCH RIGHT
NOW IS ALONG THE RATON MESA WHERE THE RADAR IS CURRENTLY LIGHTING
UP.  THIS AREA IS LIKELY BEING TRIGGERED BY THE HIGHER TERRAIN DOWN
THERE AS WELL AS A LINE OF WIND CONVERGENCE...WITH LIGHT NORTHEAST
WINDS TO THE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY...AND SOUTHWEST BREEZES TO THE
SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY.  PROBABLY BEST POTENTIAL FOR ANY SEVERE
WEATHER THIS AREA...ALTHOUGH PALMER DIVIDE IS NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION EITHER.  RECENT DATA INDICATES POSSIBLE SHEER VALUES
25-30 KTS ALONG THE DIVIDE.

CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...GRADUALLY
DISSIPATING IN MOST CASES BUT WITH SOME NEW CONVECTION FORMING.
THEN...AFTER MIDNIGHT...SHOULD SEE CONVECTION GRADUALLY DISSIPATE
IN ALL AREAS.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 345 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

METEOROLOGICAL CHALLENGES DURING THE LONGER TERM CONTINUE TO BE POPS
AND TEMPERATURES.

RELATIVELY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR LONGER CYCLE AS UPPER RIDGE IS
STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE FORECAST DISTRICT TO
ALLOW PRIMARY MOISTURE AXIS TO REMAIN NEAR AND WEST OF THE WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE CWFA DURING THE MAJORITY OF THE LONGER TERM.

UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN  COLORADO
THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD RELOCATE TO EASTERN KANSAS BY 00Z MONDAY AND
THEN OSCILLATE OVER PORTIONS OF KANSAS INTO THURSDAY BEFORE MAKING A
MORE SUBSTANTIAL PUSH EAST FROM LATE NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT
WEEKEND.

MOST FAVORABLE MOISTURE FEED DURING THE LONGER TERM SHOULD BE NOTED
OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT AND POINTS WEST
DURING THE LONGER TERM WITH THE PRIMARY DEEPER MOISTURE EMANATING
FROM THE DEEP TROPICS OFF THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO REMAINING
CENTERED OVER ARIZONA...UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO REGION INTO NEXT
WEEK. WESTERN BURN SCARS SUCH AS THE WEST FORK COMPLEX SHOULD NOTE
THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL OF BURN SCAR FLASH FLOODING DURING THIS
TIME-FRAME. AS ALWAYS...WFO PUEBLO WILL MONITOR CLOSELY.

WELL ABOVE SEASONAL LATE AUGUST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES(ESPECIALLY
EASTERN SECTIONS) ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. FOR
EXAMPLE...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES REACHING INTO THE 90S SHOULD BE NOTED
OVER THE MAJORITY THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS FROM SATURDAY
INTO NEXT THURSDAY.  FINALLY...RELATIVELY LOW-GRADE GRADIENT WIND
SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT THROUGH
NEXT THURSDAY.

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.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 345 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING IS CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE PALMER
DIVIDE...RATON RIDGE AND OTHER MOUNTAIN AREAS...AND THEN OVER THE
REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AS THE EVENING
PROGRESSES. WILL SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL
HAIL. GREATEST RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING THE TERMINALS WILL
BE AT KCOS IN THE 22-02Z TIME PERIOD. COULD BRIEFLY SEE MVFR OR
EVEN POTENTIALLY A SHORT PERIOD OF IFR WITH HEAVY RAIN...ALONG
WITH WIND GUSTS IN THE 30-40KT RANGE. LW

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.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ081-084-085.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1157 AM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

COZ058>089-093>099-231800-
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-
1157 AM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

INCREASED CONCERN IS DEVELOPING OVER THE WALDO AND BLACK FOREST BURN
SCARS FOR TODAY. MORNING MODEL DATA CONTINUES TO INDICATE GOOD POTENTIAL
FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN AND
AROUND THE SCARS. LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING ON THE SCARS IS
NOW IN THE RANGE OF 50 TO 60 PERCENT BETWEEN ABOUT 1 PM AND 8 PM
MDT TODAY. CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR FLASHING FLOODING TODAY.
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE IS UP AND STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOW.  THE
DEVELOPMENT OF FLASH FLOODING...HOWEVER...WILL STILL BE DEPENDENT
ON HOW CONVECTION ACTUALLY DEVELOPS AND TRACKS LATER TODAY.

OTHERWISE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE
INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT ON ANY OF
THE AREA BURN SCARS. OTHER STORM THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

DAILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THE
MOUNTAIN AREAS FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LIGHTNING WILL BE THE
MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...SLOW STORM MOVEMENTS
WILL LIKELY LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING ISSUES ON AREA BURN SCARS...IN PARTICULAR THE WEST
FORK COMPLEX.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

50/50

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
456 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0441 PM     HEAVY RAIN       9 SW SAN LUIS           37.11N 105.54W
08/22/2013  M0.99 INCH       COSTILLA           CO   COCORAHS

            45 MINUTE DURATION.

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RMG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
507 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

COZ081-084-222330-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500
FT-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500
AND 11000 FT-
507 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

AT 503 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PALMER LAKE...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COLORADO SPRINGS...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PALMER LAKE.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
507 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

COZ081-084-085-222330-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-
507 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

   THE WALDO BURN SCAR.

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TO THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST OF THE WALDO BURN SCAR. IF THESE STORMS BUILD TOWARDS THE
EAST...THEN HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WALDO BURN SCAR.

RESIDENTS IN AND AROUND THE WALDO BURN SCAR SHOULD BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO GO TO HIGHER
GROUND IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
517 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

COZ081-222345-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT-
517 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

AT 512 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOODLAND PARK...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COLORADO SPRINGS...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT HIGHWAY 67 NORTH OF WOODLAND PARK.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE 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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
540 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

COZ081-082-084-085-230000-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE
7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
540 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

   THE WALDO BURN SCAR.

AT 538 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG STORM OVER
WOODLAND PARK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
EXTREME NORTH PART OF THE WALDO BURN SCAR. IF THIS STORM BUILDS TO
THE SOUTH...THEN HEAVY RAIN WOULD BE LIKELY OVER ALL OF THE BURN
SCAR.

IN ADDITION...NEW STRONG CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE BURN SCAR AS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVES WEST INTO THE RAMPART
RANGE.

PEOPLE IN THE WALDO BURN SCAR SHOULD BE ON HIGH ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
548 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 N WOODLAND PARK       39.02N 105.05W
08/22/2013  M1.10 INCH       TELLER             CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAIN FELL IN 30 MINUTES. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES.

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