Expires:200909161615;Remove:200909161615;989231 FPUS75 KPUB 161501 NOWPUB SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 901 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2009 COZ074-075-087-088-161615- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 901 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2009 .NOW... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALSENBURG WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR AT 9 AM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WILL BE PAST CUCHARA BY 10 AM. THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH THESE STORMS IS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS THERE MAY BE PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. $$