Event: Special Weather Statement
Sender Name: NWS Pueblo CO
Issued: 2013-07-24T18:16:45-06:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T19:15:00-06:00
Description: CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO…
SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO…
THIS INCLUDES…LA JUNTA.

AT 611 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD
TO WEST OF LA JUNTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
THATCHER.
DELHI.
TIMPAS.
LA JUNTA.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL…WINDS AROUND 50 MPH…AND HEAVY RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE…OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Area Description: Las Animas; Otero