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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 21, 2014, 2:15 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2014, 2:15 PM MDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2014, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 239 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 21, 11:40 AM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 11:40 AM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1144 AM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-221745- 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- 1144 AM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLORADO SPRINGS...TO LA JUNTA...TO SPRINGFIELD. THE MAIN STORM THREATS FOR THESE AREAS WILL BE HAIL OVER AN INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY BE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND KIOWA COUNTY. SHOULD HEAVY RAIN FALL ON ONE OF THE BURN SCARS...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ALSO POSSIBLE. AREAS UNDER THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR AND THE WALDO BURN SCAR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY. LIGHTNING...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND BRIEF LIGHT RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN STORM THREATS. DRY GUSTY WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING A RENEWED THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID THE START OF WILDFIRES AS THEY MAY RAPIDLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED THURSDAY...PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS FROM THE STRONGER STORMS FROM THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING ...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO NOT REACH THE STRONG TO SEVERE CATEGORY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THEN...ELEVATED CHANCES OF PRIMARILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY INTO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS PROJECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS TIME-FRAME. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS WILL ALSO BRING AN INCREASED CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING...MAINLY OVER AND NEAR AREA BURN SCARS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM MDT ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. 10/88
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 12:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 22 min |
| May 21, 1:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| May 21, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| May 21, 1:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 38 min |
| May 21, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| May 21, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 21 min |
| May 21, 3:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| May 21, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| May 21, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 40 min |
| May 21, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 34 min |
| May 21, 3:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 57 min |
| May 21, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 37 min |
| May 21, 3:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| May 21, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 28 min |
| May 21, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 52 min |
| May 21, 3:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| May 21, 4:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 32 min |
| May 21, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 31 min |
| May 21, 4:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 26 min |
| May 21, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 21, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 34 min |
| May 21, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 50 min |
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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.