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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
630 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 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-
630 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...OVER SOUTHERN EL
PASO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. THE FUELS IN THESE
AREAS ARE DRY...AND THIS AFTERNOON THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT WITH WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL
CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND
SPREAD IF A FIRE WERE TO START.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER AND NEAR THE
MOUNTAINS...AND POSSIBLY OVER EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY. THE MAIN THREATS
FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45
MPH...SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOST
NUMEROUS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH THE MAIN STORM THREATS BEING
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY.

LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...GENERALLY ABOVE 9000
FEET...SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...AS AN UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER
SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THIS SYSTEM MAY ALSO BRING SUB
FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT.

MORE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH
BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING OVER AND NEAR THE
MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY.

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