Thunderstorms spawned two landspouts in southern Prowers and northern Baca Counties.
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Thunderstorms spawned two landspouts in southern Prowers and northern Baca Counties.
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 25, 10:22 AM MST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1122 AM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 350 AM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 A SHORTWAVE TROF WL BE MOVING OVER THE STATE THRU THE DAY...MOVING INTO KS BY EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS DISTURBANCE...SFC WINDS WL BECOME NORTHERLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND COULD BE A BIT GUSTY. THE UPR DISTURBANCE WL LIKELY KEEP A FEW SHOWERS AND TSTMS GOING THIS MORNING...BUT WL ENHANCE PCPN CHANCES FOR THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MTN AREAS WL AGAIN HAVE THE BEST CHANCES FOR PCPN TODAY. THERE WL AGAIN BE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN UNDER SOME OF THE STRONGER STORM CELLS...AND WL BE A FLASH FLOODING CONCERN IF ANY OF THEM MOVE OVR AREA BURN SCARS. SOME DRYING IN THE LOW LEVELS IS EXPECTED AS WINDS TURN NORTHERLY LATER TODAY...HOWEVER THE FAR SERN PLAINS WL BE THE LAST TO SEE THE DRYING AT LOW LEVELS. WITH DEW POINTS OVR THE FAR SERN PLAINS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 50S THIS AFTERNOON...CAPE VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1000-1500 J/KG WITH 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES OF 35-40 KTS. SPC HAS THIS AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WX TODAY WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. FOR TONIGHT...MOST OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD WIND DOWN AFTER SUNSET...WITH LITTLE IF ANY PCPN EXPECTED BY LATE NIGHT IN THE NAM. THE GFS HANGS ON TO PCPN OVR THE MTS AND I-25 CORRIDOR...BUT FOR NOW WL LEAN TOWARD THE DRIER NAM SOLUTION. BY LATE NIGHT THE NAM SHOWS A LOT OF LOW LEVEL MSTR OVR MUCH OF THE SERN PLAINS...WHICH WL PROBABLY RESULT IN STRATUS DEVELOPING. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 350 AM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 FRIDAY-FRIDAY NIGHT...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING PROGGED ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE AS AN EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE TRANSLATES DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF THE RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES. LATEST MODELS INDICATING MAIN PLUME OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE BEING SHUNTED SOUTH AND WEST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER...WITH WEAK LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE AND SOME UVV ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSLATING WAVE...SHOULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED COVERAGE ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. BEST COVERAGE LOOKS TO BE ACROSS THE EASTERN MTS WITH TRAINING OF STORMS POSSIBLE AS SFC-H7 FLOW REMAINS WEAK EASTERLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL OVER THE BURN SCARS ONCE AGAIN. THE BRISK NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT (25-30KTS AT H5) WILL HELP KEEP STORMS MOVING THOUGH WILL ALSO HELP TO PRODUCE ENOUGH SHEAR FOR A FEW STRONGER STORMS TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. UPLSOPE FLOW WILL HELP TO KEEP TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES ON FRIDAY. SATURDAY-SUNDAY...WEAK TO MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW PROGGED ACROSS THE REGION AS SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES FLATTENS UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE STATE. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE MOISTURE PLUME MOVING BACK ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO SATURDAY WITH THE PLUME SHIFTING A BIT TO THE NORTH ON SUNDAY. MODELS KEEPING BEST UVV ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER AND NORTHERN ROCKIES WITH EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES...HOWEVER WITH MINOR DISTURBANCES LIKELY EMBEDDED WITHIN THE PLUME...AS WELL AS STRONG SOLAR HEATING...SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH STORMS MOVING EAST OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE LATE EVENINGS. WESTERLY STEERING FLOW OF 15-25KT WILL KEEP STORMS MOVING...THOUGH WITH MOISTURE IN PLACE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH ALL STORMS LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE BURNS SCARS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES. MONDAY-WEDNESDAY...A GENERAL WARMING AND DRYING TREND EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA AS MONSOONAL MOISTURE PLUME IS SHUNTING NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE AREA WITH WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT PERSISTING ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS DO DIFFER ON TIMING OF THE THINNING MOISTURE WITH THE LATEST ECMWF FASTER IN THE DRYING THAN THE GFS. AT ANY RATE...ENOUGH MOISTURE SHOULD BE IN PLACE FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL POPS EACH DAY...WITH BEST COVERAGE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. CONVECTION...HOWEVER...LOOKS TO BECOME MORE HIGH BASED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1106 AM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS OVER THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT ALL 3 TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SFC WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN...BUT GUSTY WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 KNT RANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. FOR NOW MENTIONED VCTS AT ALL 3 TAF SITES AND WILL NARROW MENTION OF THUNDER IN TAFS ONCE STORMS GET MORE ORGANIZED. FOR LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...28 LONG TERM...MW AVIATION...HODANISH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1106 AM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 COZ058>089-093>099-261715- 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- 1106 AM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ON AREA BURN SCARS IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS OR MOVES OVER THESE AREAS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS TODAY WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. HOWEVER IN LOCATIONS NEAR THE EASTERN COLORADO BORDER...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE OR TWO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND BURN SCARS WILL ALSO REMAIN A CONCERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CONVECTION WILL SLOWLY TRANSITION TO MORE HIGHER BASED STORMS WITH THE MAIN STORM THREATS BEING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE...KEEPING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ON AREA BURN SCARS SHOULD STRONGER STORMS MOVE OVER THESE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HODANISH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1221 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 COZ076-077-079-083-251845- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT-WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- 1221 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 1217 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROYAL GORGE...OR 35 MILES WEST OF MIDWAY... WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROYAL GORGE. CANON CITY. HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE ENHANCED RUN OFF FROM THE ROYAL GORGE BURN SCAR WITH MINOR MUD AND ASH FLOWS POSSIBLE. THIS IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ON EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE BURN SCAR. 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 1224 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 COZ079-083-086-251900- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET-WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- 1224 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 1221 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORENCE...OR 23 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WETMORE BURN SCAR. HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS MAY CAUSE EXCESSIVE RUN OFF WITH MUD AND ASH FLOWS IN THE DRAINAGES RUNNING OFF OF THE WETMORE BURN SCAR. 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 128 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 COZ086-087-252000- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET-WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- 128 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 126 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT COLORADO CITY...THEN MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY AND SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY. BRIEF PENNY 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 155 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 COZ087-088-252030- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- 155 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 153 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTH OF WALSENBURG...OR 32 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AND EAST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 10 NORTHEAST OF WALSENBURG. 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.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:21 UTC.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The tornado occurred over open country and caused no known damage.
The tornado occurred over open country and caused no known damage.
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