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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1117 AM MDT FRI APR 18 2014

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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-
1117 AM MDT FRI APR 18 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP
ARE...LIGHTNING...LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 50MPH...AND PEA SIZED
HAIL.

SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS ABOVE 10000
FEET TONIGHT...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ACROSS THE
REGION. THE STRONGER AND MORE NUMEROUS STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
SATURDAY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM STRONGER STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO
1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ALL STORMS WILL
PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

SNOW LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL REMAIN AROUND OR ABOVE 10000
FEET. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE 10000 FEET THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

BELOW 10000 FEET...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN. INSTABILITY
APPEARS TO BE ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM WITH THIS SYSTEM
WHICH WOULD TEND TO KEEP RAINFALL RATES GENERALLY BELOW .20 AN
HOUR. HOWEVER...IF SUFFICIENT AFTERNOON HEATING OCCURS...A FEW
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON THE SUSCEPTIBLE BURN SCARS...SUCH AS
THE WALDO...COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ARE EXPECTED
TO OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL
BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

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