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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2014, 12:48 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 12 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 22, 2014, 12:48 PM MDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2014, 1:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 299 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 22, 11:51 AM MDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 11:51 AM MDT, 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 11:31 AM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1131 AM MDT THU MAY 22 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-231745- 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- 1131 AM MDT THU MAY 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AT MID-DAY...AND STORMS WILL SPREAD ON TO THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL UNDER 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25...WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM CALHAN TO LA JUNTA TO KIM. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE HIT OR MISS OVER THE BURN SCARS TODAY...THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY FOR BURN SCARS LOCATED IN OR NEAR THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS. THESE INCLUDE THE EAST PEAK...ROYAL GORGE...WALDO AND THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCARS. THE WINDOW OF GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM. THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SAN LUIS VALLEY WILL ALSO SEE A BETTER POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THESE WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY INTO MONDAY WITH STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS DURING THIS TIME-FRAME. ALSO...HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO NOT REACH THE STRONG TO SEVERE CATEGORY FROM FRIDAY INTO MONDAY. IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM FRIDAY INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR RECENT BURN SCARS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. 10/88
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 22, 8:15 AM MDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1248 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2014 COZ074-087-088-221900- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO- 1248 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM MDT... AT 1247 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BONCARBO...OR 18 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AGUILAR...BONCARBO AND GULNARE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3711 10480 3724 10497 3756 10469 3738 10443 TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 221DEG 39KT 3724 10482 PGW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 34 min |
| May 22, 12:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 32 min |
| May 22, 1:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 43 min |
| May 22, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 25 min |
| May 22, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 33 min |
| May 22, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 26 min |
| May 22, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 38 min |
| May 22, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 49 min |
| May 22, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 51 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.