A severe storm generated wind gusts that buckled a garage door and downed several large tree limbs at Olney Springs in Crowley County.
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A severe storm generated wind gusts that buckled a garage door and downed several large tree limbs at Olney Springs in Crowley County.
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 31, 3:19 PM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 419 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 416 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 CURRENTLY...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRES WAS LOCATED OVER CO/NM/PANHANDLES REGION...WITH A HEALTHY SLUG OF MOISTURE ROTATING UP INTO AZ AND UT. DRIER AIR WAS TRYING TO INFILTRATE ACROSS CO...BUT SO FAR THE DRYING HAS NOT BEEN REALIZED AT THE SURFACE ACROSS THE E PLAINS AND I25 CORRIDOR. TEMPS HAVE WARMED INTO THE MID 80S TO MID 90S FOR MUCH OF THE CWA...WHILE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE E PLAINS WITH THE FOCUS AREA BEING THE SE CORNER OF THE STATE. TONIGHT...CURRENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUH 04Z THIS EVE...WITH THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE FAR SE CORNER. FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA...FEEL THAT ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH WITH SUNSET SO ADJUSTED POP GRIDS TO SHOW THIS...WITH ISOLATED POPS ALONG THE KS BORDER LINGERING UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER RELATIVELY MILD NIGHT ON TAP WITH MIN TEMPS IN THE 50S TO MID 60S FOR THE PLAINS...AND AROUND 50 F FOR THE HIGH VALLEYS. TOMORROW...THE UPPER RIDGE DOES NOT MOVE MUCH...BUT WHAT DOES CHANGE IS THAT THE MOISTURE WILL ROTATE UP ACROSS THE 4 CORNERS AND INTO WESTERN COLORADO THROUGH THE MORNING. THIS WILL SERVE AS THE FUEL FOR EARLY THUNDERSTORM INITIATION ALONG THE CONTDVD...AROUND 15Z...WHICH WILL THEN SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE AFTN. THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR PCPN...LIKELY ALONG THE CONDVD...BUT THE ENTIRE AREA WILL HAVE A SHOT FOR RAIN BY LATE AFTN. LOOK FOR ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S FOR THE PLAINS...AND IN THE 80S FOR THE HIGH VALLEYS. LOOKING AT THE SEVERE POTENTIAL FOR TOMORROW...NAM MODEL INDICATES THAT THE FAR E PLAINS WILL SEE 1500-2000 J/KG CAPE THROUGH THE AFTN...AS WELL AS 30-35 KTS OF 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR. SPC DAY TWO CLIPS KIOWA COUNTY...SO IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER BUSY DAY. STAY TUNED. MOORE .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 416 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...MONSOON PATTERN TO CONTINUE... MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON KEEPING THE MONSOON GOING THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD...BUT ARE VARYING RUN TO RUN AND DAY TO DAY ON THE DETAILS. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO COME UP WITH SPECIFICS IN THIS PATTERN AS EACH DAY INTRODUCES NEW CONVECTION INTO THE ATMOSPHERE WHICH ALTERS THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT DAYS. TIMING OF SPECIFIC BOUNDARIES AND CONVECTIVE MASSES WILL BE DIFFICULT. SO...FORECAST WILL BE BASED MORE ON THE GENERAL PATTERN THAN ON THE SPECIFIC DETAILS THAT ARE BEING SHOWN IN THE MODELS. IN GENERAL...THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE AN UPSWING DAY IN CONVECTION OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH A SURGE OF MONSOON MOISTURE OVERHEAD AND BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS AT THE SURFACE. FRIDAY PRESENTLY LOOKS A TAD BIT DRIER. THERE IS STILL MONSOONAL MOISTURE OVER THE REGION BUT IT LOOKS TO PRIMARILY IMPACT THE MOUNTAINS. SATURDAY BRINGS A POTENTIAL UPSWING IN CONVECTION AGAIN...WITH MORE MONSOON MOISTURE IN PLACE PLUS ANOTHER BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH. SUNDAY LOOKS A TAD DRIER BUT STILL PLENTY OF POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS. STARTING AS EARLY AS MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE PATTERN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO TURN VERY WET FOR A LOT OF THE AREA. DURING THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE MONSOON PLUME AND A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND PLAINS WILL PHASE UP TO PROVIDE PERIODS OF AMPLE MONSOON MOISTURE AND LIFT TO GENERATE MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THAN USUAL...ESPECIALLY FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. AND...WITH ALL THE MOISTURE IN THE AIR...THIS WILL MEAN MORE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THAN USUAL. IT IS NOT JUST ONE MODEL SHOWING THIS. BOTH OF OUR PRIMARY MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE A POTENTIALLY VERY WET PERIOD AHEAD. SO...NEXT WEEK COULD BE A VERY ACTIVE PERIOD ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO WITH NOT ONLY THE BURN SCAR AREAS ON HIGH ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING BUT OTHER AREAS AS WELL. LW && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 416 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT THE 3 MAIN TAF SITES OF KCOS...KPUB AND KALS FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS. ISOLATED CONVECTION THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY WITH SUNSET...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. ACTUALLY... BEGINNING MID-MORNING FOR KALS. HOWEVER...PROBABILITIES ARE STILL LOW SINCE MUCH OF THE CONVECTION WILL BE TIED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...MOORE LONG TERM...LW AVIATION...MOORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 106 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 COZ058>089-093>099-011315- 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- 106 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 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 BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL GREATER THAN ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS AS WELL. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EVERY DAY DURING THIS PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE FRIDAY...MONDAY AND TUESDAY. DURING THESE 3 DAYS THE MONSOON PLUME IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE STATE AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE. DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...BUT THE COVERAGE WILL BE LESS AND THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL NOT BE AS GREAT. ALL STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ALL STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS. 27/50
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1259 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 COZ084-312100- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1259 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 A THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING MOSTLY MODERATE...BUT SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR AREA OF NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 2 PM MDT. AT THE PRESENT TIME...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE UP TO A HALF INCH OF RAINFALL. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR LOCAL RUNOFF AND DEBRIS FLOW PROBLEMS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. A FLOOD ADVISORY OR FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE ISSUED ON SHORT NOTICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 102 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 COZ098-311945- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- 102 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 100 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF TWO BUTTES...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY. 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. PJC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 246 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 COZ094-099-312115- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 246 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 245 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 27 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY. 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. KAM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 328 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 COZ094-099-312200- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 328 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 322 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 32 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. PEA TO 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 503 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 COZ086-089-312330- CROWLEY COUNTY-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- 503 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 458 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLNEY SPRINGS...OR 31 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLNEY SPRINGS. CROWLEY. 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 516 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 COZ089-312345- CROWLEY COUNTY- 516 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... AT 512 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLNEY SPRINGS...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLNEY SPRINGS. CROWLEY. ORDWAY. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND VERY 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), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:21 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large tree limbs were downed, and a garage door was buckled.
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