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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
637 AM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

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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-
637 AM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAIN
AREAS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING.  INCREASED
INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY LEAD TO THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE WITH LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY MAY MOVE OFF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE
INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR TO SEE THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE THE
PALMER DIVIDE AND RATON MESA.

NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR BACA COUNTY
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.  HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL BELOW
15 PERCENT...HOWEVER WINDS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 25
MPH.  EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED...ESPECIALLY AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
50.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY
OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THEN SPREADING TO THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS IN
THE EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY SOME
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL COLORADO
MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY...AND IN AREAS OF THE
SOUTHEAST PLAINS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM
THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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