A tornado occurred causing minor tree damage. Hail up to half dollar size also occurred north of Divide.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A tornado occurred causing minor tree damage. Hail up to half dollar size also occurred north of Divide.
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 May 25, 10:29 AM MST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1129 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 941 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 QUICK UPDATE TO INCORPORATE LATEST OBS DATA AS WELL AS SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS. DRY SLOT IS IN FULL EFFECT ACROSS THE E PLAINS...BUT AS OF 945 AM CU ARE POPPING OVER THE E MTS AND FEEL THAT MIDDAY MT CONVECTION IS ON TRACK. MOORE && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 420 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 SATELLITE IMAGES THIS MORNING SHOW UPR LOW CENTER OVR SWRN CO. FORECAST MODELS HAVE THE LOW TRACKING SLOWLY EAST OR EAST- SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH TONIGHT. BY 12Z MON THE MODELS GENERALLY SHOW THE UPR LOW CENTER OVR NE OR NORTH CENTRAL NM. SHOULD BE DRY THRU THE MORNING HOURS ACRS THE SERN PLAINS...WHILE SOME LIGHT PCPN CONTINUES ALONG THE CONTDVD. BY LATE MORNING WL PROBABLY SEE SOME PCPN DEVELOPING ALONG THE ERN MTNS AND MAYBE IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. THE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...SHOWERS/TSTMS SHOULD SPREAD TO OR DEVELOP OVR SOME OF THE SERN PLAINS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE DRIER THAN YESTERDAY AND THE 4KM NSSL WRF AND RAP13 SHOW VERY LITTLE CHANCE FOR PCPN OVR THE SERN PLAINS TODAY...AND GENERALLY SCT OR HIGHER POPS OVR THE HYR TRRN. THE NAM AND GFS ARE SHOWING MORE WIDESPREAD PCPN. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED OVR THE HIGHER MTN AREAS TODAY. MOST STORMS TODAY WL AGAIN BE SLOW MOVING AS THE STEERING FLOW IS FAIRLY LIGHT. THE FLOW OVR THE FAR SERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE FASTER. WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING ECHOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVR THE BURN SCARS...THERE COULD AGAIN BE FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS. BY LATE TONIGHT THE LATEST NAM HAS MOST PCPN ENDING...ALTHOUGH SOME SHOWERS/TSTMS MAY CONTINUE OVR THE FAR SERN PLAINS. THE ECMWF IS SIMILAR TO THE NAM. THE GFS KEEPS CHANCES FOR PCPN OVR MUCH OF THE AREA THRU THE NIGHT. WL COMPROMISE AND KEEP SOME ISOLD POPS MOST AREAS DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 420 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 MONDAY-MONDAY NIGHT...FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE NORTHERLY THROUGH THE PERIOD AS UPPER LOW PROGGED AROUND THE CENTRAL COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER EARLY MONDAY MORNING SLOWLY MOVES SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE MONDAY NIGHT. WITH THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LOW...COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS ONGOING ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. THERE LOOKS TO BE SOME DRYING IN THE DEVELOPING NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT...HOWEVER....THERE STILL LOOKS TO BE ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL STILL THE MAIN STORM THREAT. TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY...A WARMING AND DRYING TREND LOOKS TO BE IN THE OFFING AS SHORT WAVE RIDGING BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY GIVES WAY TO SLOWLY INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO WEDNESDAY IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER EASTERN PACIFIC SYSTEM DIGGING INTO THE PAC NORTHWEST. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO A MORE TYPICAL LATE SPRING/EARLY SUMMER PATTERN OF MORNING SUNSHINE GIVING WAY TO AFTERNOON CLOUDS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES TO WARMING BACK TO ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. THURSDAY-SATURDAY...SHOULD SEE NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD...AS AVAILABLE MOISTURE INCREASES WITHIN THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...WITH THE PAC NORTHWEST SYSTEM DIGGING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND THEN SLOWLY LIFTING OUT ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1124 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AS OF 11 AM...AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MAINLY CONFINED TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS DUE TO THEFORECAST N-NW STORM TRACK. CONVECTION WILL BE NEAR ENOUGH TO THE THREE MAIN TAF SITES OF KCOS...KPUB AND KALS TO WARRANT VCTS THROUGH 02Z...WITH VCSH LASTING A COUPLE HOURS BEYOND THAT. STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CG LTG AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. AFTERWARDS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. MOORE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...MOORE SHORT TERM...28 LONG TERM...MW AVIATION...MOORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1104 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-261300- 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- 1104 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT PLAINS...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MANY OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLOW MOVING AND COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. IF HEAVY RAIN MOVES OVER OR DEVELOPS ON AREA BURN SCARS...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN. OTHER THUNDERSTORM THREATS TODAY WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES. OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN AREAS...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AGAIN ON MONDAY...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THOUGH THERE WILL REMAIN ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE MAIN STORM THREATS BEING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. 27/06
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
621 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM HEAVY RAIN 9 NE PENROSE 38.53N 104.90W
05/25/2014 M1.52 INCH EL PASO CO USGS RAIN GAUGE
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28SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1127 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014
COZ081-082-085-251745-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
1127 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN
EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM MDT...
AT 1123 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER CHIPITA PARK...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM IS PASSING JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN
SCAR. RADAR ESTIMATES THIS STORM IS PRODUCING UP TO 0.4 INCHES OF
RAIN. IF THIS STORM MOVES FURTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED...RAIN CAN
FALL OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE REGION...AND OTHER STORMS COULD
APPROACH OR PASS OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN
MOUNTAIN FALLS...PIKES PEAK...CHIPITA PARK...CASCADE...
CASCADE-CHIPITA PARK...DIVIDE AND CRYSTOLA.
LAT...LON 3888 10487 3879 10506 3905 10534 3912 10533
3913 10503
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 146DEG 29KT 3890 10503
PGWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1137 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014
COZ081-082-084-085-251800-
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-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
1137 AM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN
EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 1200 PM MDT...
AT 1135 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
RAIN SHOWER OVER CHIPITA PARK...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.
THIS SHOWER IS PASSING OVER THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WALDO BURN SCAR WITH THIS
STORM...HOWEVER IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES FURTHER THEN HEAVIER
AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN
MOUNTAIN FALLS...PIKES PEAK...CHIPITA PARK...CASCADE...
CASCADE-CHIPITA PARK...DIVIDE AND CRYSTOLA.
LAT...LON 3890 10485 3880 10504 3909 10534 3913 10533
3913 10500
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 146DEG 29KT 3892 10500
PGWThe Pueblo radar (KPUX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:39 UTC.
2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A short-lived tornado occurred just south of Florissant.
Hail accumulated to a depth of 2 inches.
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