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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2014, 3:28 PM MDT for Custer County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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 23, 2014, 3:28 PM MDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2014, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Custer County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 23, 11:36 AM MDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 11:36 AM MDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 11:43 AM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1143 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-241700- 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- 1143 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL GENERALLY UNDER 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH. ALSO...HAZARDOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT. IF STORMS MOVE OVER ANY BURN SCARS...INCLUDING THE WALDO CANYON AND BLACK FOREST SCARS...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...HOWEVER SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. IF THESE SLOW STORMS DEVELOP OR MOVE OVER AREA BURN SCARS...FLASH FLOODING COULD BE A THREAT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...GENERALLY ABOVE 11000 FEET. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MAINLY OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. 10/27
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 12:08 PM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1208 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 COZ081-084-085-231830- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 1208 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1205 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A WEAK THUNDERSTORM OVER CASCADE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS WEAK THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF .10 INCHES OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM. IT IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING. LAT...LON 3884 10493 3897 10502 3901 10492 3892 10483 TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 230DEG 39KT 3890 10497 PGW
Special weather statement, May 23, 2:32 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 232 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 COZ086-232100- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO- 232 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM MDT... AT 231 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR...OR 14 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PUEBLO RESERVOIR AROUND 300 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF ON OR NEAR THE PUEBLO RESERVOIR...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM. && LAT...LON 3817 10488 3828 10493 3842 10466 3817 10461 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 245DEG 9KT 3823 10488 MOORE
Special weather statement, May 23, 3:28 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 328 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 COZ078>080-232215- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT CO-WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT CO- 328 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 327 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRESTONE PEAK...OR 38 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ROSITA AND SILVER CLIFF. LAT...LON 3803 10520 3803 10538 3825 10540 3825 10514 TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 181DEG 18KT 3808 10529 MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 21 min |
| May 23, 12:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 22 min |
| May 23, 1:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 53 min |
| May 23, 2:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 28 min |
| May 23, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| May 23, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 43 min |
| May 23, 4:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 63 min |
| May 23, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 43 min |
| May 23, 4:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 23 min |
| May 23, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 45 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.