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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
217 PM MDT Tue Sep 17 2024

COZ079-080-083-085>088-172045-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft CO-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft CO-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County CO-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 Ft CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft CO-
217 PM MDT Tue Sep 17 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO...
SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT...NORTHEASTERN CUSTER...SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO...
NORTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND PUEBLO COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM MDT...

At 216 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Florence to 9 miles east of Farisita.
Movement was northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Pueblo, Pueblo Airport, Fountain, Florence, Pueblo Reservoir, Salt
Creek, Penrose, Pinon, Canon City, Greenhorn Mountain, Blende, Pueblo
West, Avondale, Rye, Beulah, San Isabel, Colorado City, Wetmore, and
Oak Ridge Burn Scar.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for
central, southeastern and east central Colorado.

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LAT...LON 3869 10455 3779 10421 3776 10438 3762 10496
      3849 10527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 231DEG 44KT 3842 10512 3774 10489

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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