Expires:200909122000;Remove:200909122000;873435 FPUS75 KPUB 121852 NOWPUB SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1252 PM MDT SAT SEP 12 2009 COZ060>066-069-122000- 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- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS...BONANZA... NORTH PASS...CENTER...DEL NORTE 1252 PM MDT SAT SEP 12 2009 .NOW... ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY AND EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE THROUGH AT LEAST 145 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL UNDER 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AT 1250 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. $$ TLM