Severe thunderstorms produced hail up to the size of ping pong balls and flash flooding in El Paso County. Large hail occurred in Lamar, and a brief tornado occurred northeast of Lamar in Prowers County.
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Severe thunderstorms produced hail up to the size of ping pong balls and flash flooding in El Paso County. Large hail occurred in Lamar, and a brief tornado occurred northeast of Lamar in Prowers 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 14, 10:28 AM MST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1128 AM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 351 AM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO INDICATE WEAK TO MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION WITH HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING PERSISTING ACROSS THE DESERT SW AND INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AS AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO DIG ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. ONE EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE TRANSLATING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS SENT A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SE PLAINS LATE LAST NIGHT...WHICH HELPED TO FIRE STORMS ACROSS THE SE MTS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ANOTHER EMBEDDED WAVE LOOKS TO BE TRANSLATING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AT THIS TIME. SOME DRIER AIR WITHIN THE FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES TO WORK INTO NORTHERN COLORADO WITH THE MAIN MONSOONAL MOISTURE PLUME SLOWLY SHIFTING SOUTH AND WEST OF THE STATE AT THIS TIME. NO BIG CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST AS LAST NIGHTS FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS TO STALL NEAR THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER AS THE NEXT BACK DOOR FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSING NORTHERN ROCKIES WAVE MOVES ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THESE BOUNDARIES SHOULD HELP FOCUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG WITH DEVELOPING UPSLOPE FLOW...STRONG SUMMER SOLAR HEATING AND CONTINUED AMPLE AVAILABLE MOISTURE...SUPPORTING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A SLIGHT DECREASE IN PRECIP WATER PROGGED ACROSS THE AREA...THOUGH STILL PLENTY OF JUICE IN THE AIR FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. MAIN CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS DAYS IS INCREASED FLOW ALOFT...WHICH SHOULD KEEP STORMS MOVING. THIS WILL LESSEN THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING...THOUGH WILL NEED TO STAY VIGILANT FOR THESE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINERS MOVING OVER AREA BURN SCARS AS WELL AS AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN DECENT AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE INCREASED FLOW ALOFT...HOWEVER...DOES ALLOW FOR INCREASED SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND INCREASING CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WHERE DEW PTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S WILL SUPPORT CAPE VALUES IN THE 500-1500 J/KG RANGE. UPSLOPE FLOW DEEPENS OVERNIGHT WITH AMPLE MOISTURE IN PLACE TO KEEP THE MENTION OF SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT. MODEL SOUNDINGS ALSO SUPPORT STRATUS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA LOOK TO BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 351 AM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES THROUGH MID-WEEK AS DEEP UPPER TROUGH DROPS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. FOR TUE...SURFACE FRONT RETREATS NORTHWARD WITH WINDS BECOMING S-SE ON THE PLAINS BY AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ADVECT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF WEAK TROUGH NEAR THE KS BORDER. EXPECT FAIRLY VIGOROUS CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS LATE TUE AFTERNOON...WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS FROM THE PALMER DIVIDE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE KS BORDER AS 0-6KM SHEAR INCREASES. IN FACT...SHEAR WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS ON THE PLAINS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. FARTHER WEST...AIRMASS OVER THE MOUNTAINS DRIES SLIGHTLY...THOUGH IMPACT ON TSRA STRENGTH/COVERAGE WILL BE SMALL...AS TYPICAL DIURNAL CONVECTIVE CYCLE WITH CONTINUE. TUE NIGHT INTO WED...LARGE MCS LIKELY OVER THE HIGH PLAINS...WITH SYSTEM SLIDING SOUTHWARD NEAR/JUST EAST OF THE KS BORDER OVERNIGHT. INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS SCENARIO...AND KEPT AT LEAST ISOLATED POPS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA AS CONVECTION COULD LINGER FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. COLD FRONT WILL DROP BACK SOUTH IN THE WAKE OF THE MCS WED MORNING...LEADING TO A RENEWED WESTWARD PUSH OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE DURING THE DAY. WHILE AIR MASS ON THE PLAINS MAY BE INITIALLY TOO COOL/STABLE FOR MUCH CONVECTION WED AFTERNOON...UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS PLUS LIFT WITH APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DEVELOP AFTERNOON/EVENING TSRA ONCE AGAIN...WITH STORMS PUSHING EASTWARD OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AND ALONG THE RATON MESA IN THE EVENING. FARTHER WEST...MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS WILL CONTINUE WITH DIURNAL CONVECTION...THOUGH TSRA COVERAGE AND INTENSITY MAY DECREASE SLIGHTLY AS LOW LEVEL AIR MASS CONTINUE TO DRY OUT. COOLER AIR WILL LINGER OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS THU...WITH ECMWF SUGGESTING ANOTHER ROUND OF FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TSRA...WHILE GFS IS DRIER WITH STORMS LIMITED TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. WILL RUN WITH ISOLATED TO LOW END SCT POPS MOST LOCATIONS THU AFTERNOON/EVENING...AS SUSPECT MID-LEVEL DRYING NOTED ON BOTH MODELS PLUS COOL SURFACE TEMPS MAY LIMIT CONVECTION SOMEWHAT. FOR FRI AND BEYOND...UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. WITH FAIRLY DRY WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIDGE SPREADING ACROSS CO. WILL STILL BE ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE FOR SOME AFTERNOON TSRA OVER THE MOUNTAINS...THOUGH BY SUN/MON ACTIVITY WILL BECOME VERY SPARSE. MAX TEMPS WILL WARM BACK TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 1128 AM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 PRIMARILY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TAF SITES INTO THIS EVENING...WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR GENERALLY BRIEF MVFR AND LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS TO THE KALS...KCOS AND KPUB TAF SITES. UPSLOPE FLOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN EASTERN COLORADO FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A NORTHERLY SURGE...WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MVFR AND IFR STRATUS CONDITIONS AT TIMES TO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...ESPECIALLY AFTER 06Z/TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT STILL APPEARS THAT KCOS WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL OF EXPERIENCING IFR CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1119 AM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-151730- 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- 1119 AM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT DECREASE IN AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE STEERING WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY...WHICH WILL DECREASE THE CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...THERE REMAINS ENOUGH MOISTURE IN THE AIR TO SUPPORT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WOULD STILL POSE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS AREA BURN SCARS...AS WELL AS THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION DURING THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. THE INCREASED WINDS ALOFT...HOWEVER...WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASED CHANCES FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...PRODUCING HAIL AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY OVER THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WITH AMPLE AVAILABLE MOISTURE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THREATS FROM STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL INCLUDE LIGHTNING...HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS ON TUESDAY. A SLOW WARMING AND DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1015 AM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 COZ081-084-085-141645- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 1015 AM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1015 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SHOWER NEAR CASCADE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS SHOWER WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF .10 INCHES OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE EASTERN HALF OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM. IT IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EASTERN HALF OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR LAT...LON 3887 10486 3887 10495 3897 10495 3896 10486 TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 182DEG 2KT 3893 10492 PJC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1136 AM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 COZ098-141815- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO- 1136 AM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1136 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARTMAN...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOLIDGE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND BRISTOL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3826 10258 3821 10209 3788 10218 3797 10268 TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 016DEG 16KT 3815 10227 PJC
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:39 UTC.
6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief landspout tornado occurred across open country and caused no damage.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding on Fountain Creek in Green Mountain Falls topping driveway bridges.
High water flowed over roadways during a flash flood.
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