773 FLUS45 KPUB 091728 HWOPUB HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1128 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-101300- 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- 1128 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS IT TRACKS ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THE DAY...AND THEN MOVES NORTHEASTWARD INTO FAR NORTHWEST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH MAYBE SOME ISOLATED STORMS LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. THE AREA WITH THE MOST ELEVATED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY WILL BE OVER KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND THERE WILL BE THE THREAT OF A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. IN EL PASO COUNTY...SOILS ARE SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF...CREATING A FLASH FLOODING RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING IF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS MOVE OVER THE AREA. OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN AREAS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TONIGHT AND SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...WITH A FEW INCHES OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE TELLER COUNTY AND POSSIBLY NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY. OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN AREAS SOME ADDITIONAL...GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. ON MONDAY...ONLY SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THERE WILL BE DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. $$ 27/10