148 WWUS35 KPUB 011226 SPSPUB COZ060081-020600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 625 AM MDT THU MAY 1 1997 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES: ALAMOSA      BACA        BENT          CHAFFEE        CONEJOS   COSTILLA     CROWLEY     CUSTER        EL PASO        FREMONT HUERFANO     KIOWA       LAS ANIMAS    MINERAL        OTERO     PROWERS      PUEBLO      RIO GRANDE    SAGUACHE       TELLER   A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS COLORADO TODAY WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.  SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN AROUND 9000 FEET TODAY BUT WILL DECREASE TONIGHT WITH SNOW BECOMING LIKELY TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE WIDESPREAD TODAY BEFORE DECREASING TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE LINES...MAY BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON... PRODUCING HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. SR

943 WWUS35 KPUB 011757 SPSPUB COZ060081-020600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1155 AM MDT THU MAY 1 1997 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES: ALAMOSA      BACA        BENT          CHAFFEE        CONEJOS   COSTILLA     CROWLEY     CUSTER        EL PASO        FREMONT HUERFANO     KIOWA       LAS ANIMAS    MINERAL        OTERO     PROWERS      PUEBLO      RIO GRANDE    SAGUACHE       TELLER   ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 9500 FEET EASTERN SAN        JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON... A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. WEST WIND OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.  THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE PASSES.   SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE PIKES PEAK/TELLER COUNTY REGION AS WELL AS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH THE SNOW LEVEL AROUND 9000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LOWERING TONIGHT.  2 TO 4 INCHES ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT OVER MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND WEST SLOPES.       OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR A WINDY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER.  THERE IS A BRIEF THREAT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...BEFORE THE MOISTURE IS SWEPT TO THE EAST BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE LOWER LEVELS OVER THE AREA ARE RELATIVELY DRY...AND RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE FAST MOVING...SO LITTLE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. WINDS MAY GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...AND PRODUCE LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST.   SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY. HAYNES

146 WWUS35 KPUB 011840 SPSPUB COZ070073-076-012040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1236 PM MDT THU MAY 1 1997 ...STRONG WINDS BUFFETING SOUTHEAST COLORADO... WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH IN SOME AREAS. THESE WINDS ARE AHEAD OF A LINE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND WERE KICKING UP A LOT OF DUST AND DEBRIS. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS IN THE PUEBLO AREA OF WIND DAMAGE TO CARS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MOST RECENT PEAK GUSTS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO... PUEBLO WEST              46 MPH PUEBLO AIRPORT           51 MPH WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS 53 MPH ELLICOT                  39 MPH UTE PASS                 51 MPH CRIPPLE CREEK            34 MPH LA JUNTA                 43 MPH LAMAR                    31 MPH THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN EASILY PICK UP SMALL DEBRIS AND CAN EVEN CAUSE DAMAGE TO CARS AND STRUCTURES. FORTUNE

116 WWUS35 KPUB 012108 SPSPUB COZ074-075-020010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 306 PM MDT THU MAY 1 1997 ...VERY STRONG WINDS BUFFETING THE SOUTHEAST FOOTHILLS... SHOWERS COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT CAUSED VERY WINDY OVER THE SOUTHEAST FOOTHILLS FROM TRINIDAD NORTHWARD TO WALSENBURG.  THE TRINIDAD AIRPORT REPORTED WIND GUSTS UP TO 58 MPH. THESE GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL 600 PM WITH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.  WINDS WILL GRADAULLY DIMINISH THROUGH LATE EVENING.   STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO MOBILE HOMES...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS. BLOWING DUST CAN ALSO BE HAZARDOUS TO MOTORISTS...QUICKLY REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO ON ROADWAYS NEAR OPEN OR PLOWED FIELDS. KT

743 WWUS35 KPUB 021215 SPSPUB COZ060081-030600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 615 AM MDT FRI MAY 2 1997 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES: ALAMOSA      BACA        BENT          CHAFFEE        CONEJOS   COSTILLA     CROWLEY     CUSTER        EL PASO        FREMONT HUERFANO     KIOWA       LAS ANIMAS    MINERAL        OTERO     PROWERS      PUEBLO      RIO GRANDE    SAGUACHE       TELLER     ...VERY WINDY TODAY... A STORM SYSTEM NEAR THE AREA AND STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER NEBRASKA AND KANSAS WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BLOW AT MOST LOCATIONS WHILE WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. MORNING SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...EL PASO COUNTY AND MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.  LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK/TELLER COUNTY AREA AND NEAR THE TOP OF THE PALMER DIVIDE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY. SR

728 WWUS35 KPUB 021829 SPSPUB COZ060081-030600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1225 PM MDT FRI MAY 2 1997 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES: ALAMOSA      BACA        BENT          CHAFFEE        CONEJOS COSTILLA     CROWLEY     CUSTER        EL PASO        FREMONT HUERFANO     KIOWA       LAS ANIMAS    MINERAL        OTERO PROWERS      PUEBLO      RIO GRANDE    SAGUACHE       TELLER ...WINDY IN THE EAST... A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN NORTHWEST KANSAS HAS CREATED A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER EASTERN COLORADO RESULTING IN WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH FROM LA JUNTA EASTWARD. THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE. OPEN CEL CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL FORM OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES AND THERE COULD BE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO INTO THE EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. FORTUNE