Hazardous Weather Alert for S.E. Colorado this Afternoon

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

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-

1119 AM MDT WED APR 15 2015

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

April 16 – DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED INTO THIS EVENING OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AS WELL AS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO DUE TO EXISTING DRY  CONDITIONS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS.

ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONE OR TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE EASTERN COLORADO BORDER. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES…IN COMBINATION WITH HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING…WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS.

OVER THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO…ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF GENERATING LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES AND HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING ARE ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND EASTERN COLORADO. IN ADDITION…LOCAL ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT.