High winds gusting in excess of 60 mph impacted western portions of El Paso County.
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High winds gusting in excess of 60 mph impacted western portions of El Paso 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 Mar 30, 10:19 PM MST, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1119 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 812 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE CREPT UP TO AT OR ABOVE 15 PERCENT MOST AREAS...SO LET RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE. WINDS STILL VERY GUSTY MOST LOCATIONS...AND EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 250 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 AS OF 2 PM...THE CLOUD COVER HAS KEPT SOME AREAS FROM GETTING THE STRONG WINDS. HOWEVER OTHER AREAS ARE REACHING RED FLAG CRITERIA. IT IS MAINLY THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY THAT HAS NOT SEEN THE STRONG WINDS...HOWEVER WE MAY STILL SEE THE GUSTS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THUS WL LEAVE THE RED FLAG WARNING AS IS. AN UPR TROF OVR THE GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON...WL MOVE INTO WRN CO THIS EVENING AND THEN ACRS THE STATE OVERNIGHT. A STRONG BORA FRONT IS EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE UPR TROF AND THE NAM IS STILL SHOWING 50-60KT H7 WESTERLY WINDS LATE TONIGHT. COULD SEE SOME SEVERE GUSTS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MTNS...BUT FOR NOW WL JUST MENTION THE STRONG WINDS IN THE FORECAST. SHOULD SEE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN MOST AREAS THRU THE NIGHT...HELPING TO KEEP TEMPS RELATIVELY MILD. PCPN WL CONTINUE ALONG THE CONTDVD THIS EVENING WITH MAYBE SOME ISOLD PCPN ALONG THE ERN MTS. LATE TONIGHT PCPN CHANCES WL DECREASE...AND BY MORNING PROBABLY JUST THE CENTRAL MTS WL STILL HAVE SOME ISOLD SNOW SHOWERS. IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER TROF...WINDS WL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY MONDAY...DECREASING LATE IN THE DAY AS THE UPR TROF GETS FARTHER EAST AND A SHORTWAVE RIDGE BUILDS OVR THE STATE. THERE MAY STILL BE A FEW SHOWERS OVR THE CENTRAL MTS THRU THE DAY...BUT ELSEWHERE IT LOOKS QUITE DRY WITH RH VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT...AND IT LOOKS LIKE MUCH OF THE SERN PLAINS COULD AGAIN MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA SO WL ISSUE A WARNING. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 250 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 MODEL SOLUTIONS STILL INDICATING AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK. YESTERDAYS MODEL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LONG RANGE SOLUTIONS HAVE NARROWED AND TRENDED TOWARDS A FURTHER NORTH STORM TRACK. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...BROAD SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SPREAD ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW FALLING ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH THE PERIOD. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT WITH AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND EVEN LESS OVER THE SAN JUAN RANGE. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN ACROSS THE PLAINS BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE STRONG WIND GUSTS...WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE LOW...HOVERING AROUND 10 PERCENT. THIS COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON AREA ROADWAYS. WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...MODELS IN BETTER AGREEMENT THIS CYCLE WITH THE GFS AND NAM COMING IN ON A FURTHER NORTH STORM TRACK...SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ECMWF SOLUTIONS. AS THE SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS UTAH INTO COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY EXPECT SNOW TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND SPREAD EAST INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE REGION BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CONTINUED STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A SOUTHWARD SURGING COLD FRONT OVER NORTHERN COLORADO. WE WILL SEE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY HOWEVER HUMIDITY VALUES ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND 15 PERCENT AND WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE THE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE AREAS ALONG THE NEW MEXICO BORDER. THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL EJECT EAST ACROSS COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL SEND A COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOW TO MID LEVEL FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT HAS COME IN NORTHERLY WITH THE MODELS WHICH MAKES SENSE GIVEN THE MORE NORTHERLY STORM TRACK. THIS WILL LIKELY LIMIT PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH FAVORED AREAS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE...EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND RATON RIDGE SEEING THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST A PERIOD OF MODERATE RAIN/SNOW. PRECIPITATION OVER THE REST OF THE PLAINS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND DISSIPATE AS FLOW TRANSITIONS NORTHERLY. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND ON TEMPERATURES. SEVERAL WET INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS WHILE THE LOWER ELEVATIONS SEE A RAIN/SNOW MIX. IF ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES COME IN COLDER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...MORE AREAS COULD SEE SNOW INSTEAD OF RAIN AND THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED. THIS SYSTEM IS A QUICK MOVER AND EXITS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY MORNING. MODELS HAVE PRECIPITATION DISSIPATING THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS HANGING ON UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. BEYOND THURSDAY...THERE IS A HIGH DEGREE OF MODEL UNCERTAINTY BEYOND THURSDAY. WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW AND A BAGGY TROUGH OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST MAY HELP TO KEEP LIGHT PERIODS OF MOUNTAIN SNOW GOING THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. CURRENT MODEL PROJECTIONS DO NOT HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF DISTINGUISHABLE DISTURBANCES...SO PINPOINTING ANY SPECIFIC PERIODS OF ENHANCED PRECIPITATION CHANCES IS LIMITED AT THIS TIME. MOZLEY && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1111 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 WINDS HOWLING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...AS LINE OF WEAK CONVECTION/VIRGA ALONG THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS HAS MOVED ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR 04-05Z...WITH GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 KT RANGE MANY LOCATIONS. THINK PEAK WIND SPEEDS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...AND ALL TAF SITES WILL SEE WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...THOUGH GUSTS IN THE 30-40 KNOT RANGE WILL STILL BE LIKELY THROUGH SUNRISE. KPUB WILL LIKELY BE THE WINDIEST TAF SITE OVERNIGHT...AS FLOW WILL GRADUALLY BECOME ALIGNED WITH THE ARKANSAS VALLEY. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY STILL DROP KPUB VIS INTO THE MVFR RANGE THROUGH 07Z- 08Z...BUT EXPECT VIS TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE TOWARD SUNRISE. STILL A THREAT OF SOME -SHSN AND MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION THROUGH THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF KMYP. ON MONDAY...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA...WITH GUSTY W-NW WINDS ALL TAF SITES INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE WINDS FINALLY DIMINISH TOWARD 00Z. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT MONDAY FOR COZ222- 227>236. && UPDATE...PETERSEN SHORT TERM...28 LONG TERM...MOZLEY AVIATION...PETERSEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1045 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-010445- 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- 1045 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS COLORADO OVERNIGHT WILL BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO THE MOUNTAINS...WITH LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE NORTH OF MONARCH PASS. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE DURING THIS PERIOD...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF MONARCH PASS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...PERIODS OF HIGH FIRE DANGER AND BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. SOMETIME LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO BRINGING COLD...WIND AND AT LEAST SOME RAIN AND SNOW TO MOST AREAS. RIGHT NOW...THE PRIMARY IMPACT WINDOW LOOKS TO BE CENTERED AROUND EARLY THURSDAY. HOWEVER...THE PRIMARY IMPACT PERIOD HAS BEEN SHIFTING BY AS MUCH AS 24 HOURS IN RECENT MODEL RUNS...SO TIMING IS VERY UNCERTAIN. ALSO...THE PRIMARY AREA OF IMPACT IS STILL IN QUESTION. SOME RUNS HAVE FOCUSED ON THE PIKES PEAK AND PALMER DIVIDE REGION AS BEING THE PRIMARY AREA OF IMPACT WHILE OTHERS HAVE HONED IN ON AREAS FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE WET MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT I-25 CORRIDOR. IN ANY EVENT...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SOME AREAS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT SPRING STORM WITH THIS EVENT. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST FORECAST REVISIONS IN THE DAYS AHEAD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS MEETING REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. 10/44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1039 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 COZ083-086-310645- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO 1039 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS PUEBLO AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH WINDS DECREASING...THOUGH SOME GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. COZ084-085-310645- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 1039 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH SOME AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH WINDS DECREASING...THOUGH SOME GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. COZ089-093-310645- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD 1039 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER OTERO AND CROWLEY COUNTIES BY 11 PM...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY DEVELOP...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO AROUND A MILE AT TIMES INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AFTER 1 AM WITH WINDS DECREASING...THOUGH SOME GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1245 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014 COZ089-093>099-310900- 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- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1245 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014 STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ACROSS CROWLEY...OTERO...AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST INTO KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES THROUGH 3 AM MDT. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AFTER 3 AM WITH WINDS DECREASING...THOUGH SOME GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
312 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014
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0240 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 NE AIR FORCE ACADEMY 39.03N 104.80W
03/31/2014 M60 MPH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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