A powerful microburst occurred just west and south of Fowler in extreme eastern Pueblo County and far western Otero County.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A powerful microburst occurred just west and south of Fowler in extreme eastern Pueblo County and far western Otero 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, 10:03 PM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1103 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 703 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 UPDATED GRIDS/ZONES TO ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT AND ALSO TO CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 11 PM MDT FOR PUBLIC ZONES 088-089-093>099. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 353 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF DUE TO ONGOING ACTIVE CONDITIONS. MAJORITY OF FORECAST DISTRICT TO REMAIN ACTIVE AT TIMES INTO TUESDAY AS ELEVATED PRECIPITABLE WATERS CONTINUE IN WAKE OF NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY SURGE THAT PUSHED ACROSS CWFA EARLIER TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THE AVAILABLE ADEQUATE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE... FAVORABLE CAPES...LIS AND MEAN LAYER SHEARS WILL ALLOW FOR THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. ALSO...STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER AREA BURN SCARS AND LOCATIONS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION DURING THE PAST THREE TO FOUR DAYS. WFO PUEBLO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CLOSELY. FINALLY...NEAR TO BELOW SEASONAL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NOTED OVER MOST LOCATIONS TUESDAY. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 353 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 UNSETTLED/ACTIVE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND BELOW SEASONAL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS GENERALLY MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW ALLOWS FORECAST PRECIPITABLE WATERS TO REMAIN ELEVATED DURING THIS TIME-FRAME. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY(INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE AREA BURN SCARS). AS ALWAYS...WFO PUEBLO WILL MONITOR CLOSELY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THE TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY TIME-FRAME AS FAVORABLE BULK LAYER SHEARS...CAPES AND LIS INTERACT WITH THE ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE PROFILE. THE FORECAST DISTRICT SHOULD THEN NOTE A DRYING AND WARMING TREND FROM FRIDAY INTO NEXT MONDAY AS UPPER RIDGING BUILDS OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1100 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014 THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...ISOLD SHOWERS AND TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE AT BOTH KCOS AND KPUB. KALS SHOULD REMAIN DRY. TAKING A SECOND LOOK AT THINGS...IT IS QUITE MOIST AND WITH UPSLOPE FLOW TONIGHT WE MAY SEE SOME LOW STRATUS DEVELOP AT KCOS AND POSSIBLY KPUB. STRATUS SHOULD BREAK UP BY MID MORNING. FOR TOMORROW...THE OVERALL BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE LATE IN THE DAY AND ESPECIALLY TOMORROW EVENING. WITH A RATHER STRONG JETSTREAM OVERHEAD...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING HAIL POSSIBLE. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AVIATION...HODANISH
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
154 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014
COZ085-086-089-150830-
CROWLEY COUNTY CO-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
154 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 153 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HANOVER...OR 27 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH RAINFALL
OF UP TO AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PUEBLO DEPOT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO SMALL STREAM FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3865 10405 3853 10405 3852 10400 3839 10394
3830 10438 3864 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0753Z 001DEG 20KT 3855 10427
ETPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 218 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014 COZ081-084-085-150845- 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- 218 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 216 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A WEAK THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN NEAR MANITOU SPRINGS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF .10 INCHES OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM. IT IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...CASCADE AND CHIPITA PARK. LAT...LON 3887 10502 3899 10497 3895 10484 3884 10492 TIME...MOT...LOC 0816Z 290DEG 36KT 3890 10491 ETP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 244 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014 COZ086-089-093-150915- CROWLEY COUNTY CO-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO- 244 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 243 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF FOWLER...OR 28 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROCKY FORD...FOWLER...MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS AND CROWLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF AREA STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3823 10426 3837 10392 3804 10373 3789 10406 TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 344DEG 24KT 3820 10409 ETP
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:54 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large trees were uprooted near US Highway 50 and 66th Lane.
A chimney was toppled from a ranch house on 67th Lane.
Hay bails were blown over, and large trees were toppled on 68th Lane.
A hay barn was severely damaged on County Road 1.
Power poles and lines were taken down on County Road 3 south of Fowler.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 530240, 530241, 530242, 530243, 530244.