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Fire Weather Watch 15, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 7, 201212 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this fire weather watch at Jun 7, 2012, 3:28 PM MDT for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 9, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2012, 3:28 PM MDT (21:28 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 8, 2012, 2:17 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 282 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2012-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1398 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2012-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
1.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Jun 7, 3:23 PM MDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:23 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 11:37 AM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1137 AM MDT THU JUN 7 2012

COZ058>089-093>099-081745-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
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-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
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-
1137 AM MDT THU JUN 7 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO WITH ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN AREAS OF
CONCERN ARE THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...EAST INTO
THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR...AS WELL AS EL PASO COUNTY. WHERE
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP...HAIL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DISSIPATE THROUGH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE OF CONCERN WITH
THUNDERSTORMS GIVEN THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE AIR OVER
SOUTHERN COLORADO. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THE COLORADO SPRINGS
METRO AREA WHERE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED. IT WILL NOT TAKE
MUCH RAINFALL TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AND THIS AREA WILL BE
MONITORED CLOSELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

OVER THE WEEKEND...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...AS SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FALLS TO VERY LOW LEVELS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS
MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS ON
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE
STRONG...PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50
MPH...HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

88/06

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 6:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso54 min
Jun 6, 7:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso52 min
Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jun 6, 7:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 min
Jun 6, 8:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas53 min
Jun 6, 9:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas63 min
Jun 6, 9:40 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBEl Paso100 min
Jun 7, 3:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBEl Paso7 hr
Jun 7, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo54 min
Jun 7, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley30 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.