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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2014, 5:42 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 31, 2014, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2014, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Bent County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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 31, 3:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 350 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 338 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 WILL KEEP THIS DISCUSSION BRIEF DUE TO RECENT/ONGOING ACTIVE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. FORECAST DISTRICT NOTED ISOLATED STRONG TO BRIEFLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS(IN COMBINATION WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL) THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY. AS OF 315 PM MDT...THESE STORMS ARE DECREASING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. RECENT REAL-TIME DATA...COMPUTER SIMULATIONS AND FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT DRIER ZONAL TO SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWFA INTO SUNDAY...DECREASING PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL...ALTHOUGH DRYLINE WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED OVER FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT DURING THIS TIME-FRAME. LOCALIZED ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING...HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHT AT THIS TIME DUE TO RECENT PRECIPITATION...ONGOING GREEN-UP AND FUEL STATUS. WFO PUEBLO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CLOSELY. FINALLY ABOVE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH MANY LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR NEARING OR EXCEEDING THE 90F MARK BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 338 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...MOSTLY HOT AND DRY EARLY NEXT WEEK...THEN WETTER LATER IN THE WEEK... STILL SHAPING UP TO BE A MOSTLY HOT AND DRY PERIOD FOR MOST AREAS EARLY NEXT WEEK THROUGH ABOUT WEDNESDAY. IF FUELS DRY OUT...WARM...DRY WINDS COULD CAUSE FIRE DANGER CONCERNS. ALSO...THE DRY LINE COULD IMPACT THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS AT TIMES WITH SEVERE WEATHER. THEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOISTURE WILL TRANSITION BACK INTO THE AREA FOR WETTER CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. LOOKS LIKE A BROAD...BAGGY UPPER TROUGH WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL US DURING THIS PERIOD...ALLOWING A LARGE AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO SLIP SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL US PLAINS. THIS...IN TURN...WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF PUMPING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE UPSLOPE INTO THE REGION...PROVIDING THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR DAILY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PERIOD. BEING WEST OF THE FRONT RANGES OF THE ROCKIES...THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...SAN LUIS VALLEY AND EVEN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL TEND NOT TO FARE AS WELL IN THIS PATTERN. STILL SOME INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND STORMS...BUT GENERALLY OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THESE AREAS...AND GENERALLY MUCH MORE ISOLATED. LW && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 338 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE KALS...KCOS AND KPUB TAF SITES THROUGH SUNDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 338 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN PLACE FOR THE DEWEESE RESERVOIR/GRAPE CREEK AREA THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. UNSEASONABLY MILD TO WARM TEMPERATURES MAY ACCELERATE SNOWMELT...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED INFLOW OVER THIS REGION. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR COZ077-078. && SHORT TERM...77 LONG TERM...LW AVIATION...77 HYDROLOGY...LW
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:05 AM MDT, 6 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1105 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-011715- 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- 1105 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER TODAY. THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. ONE OR TWO STORMS NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING MAY BECOME STRONG... PRODUCING HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE...GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ONE OF THESE STRONGER STORMS TO DEVELOP WILL BE ACROSS KIOWA AND PROWERS COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY LATE EVENING ALL AREAS WITH SKIES CLEARING OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A DRYLINE WILL SET UP NEAR THE COLORADO AND KANSAS BORDER SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS COULD DEVELOP ON THE COLORADO SIDE BOTH DAYS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME RAPIDLY SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTING. AFTER A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO SOUTHEAST COLORADO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS TO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:10 PM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 210 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 COZ081-082-084-085-312145- 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-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 210 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT... AT 209 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND WEST OF THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR..MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. INTENSE RAINFALL...NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS... CALHAN...RAMAH...BLACK FOREST...SCHRIEVER AFB...PEYTON...CIMARRON HILLS...FALCON...TRUCKTON...RUSH...PETERSON AFB...STRATMOOR... ELLICOTT...GLENEAGLE...SECURITY...YODER AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3872 10405 3876 10498 3913 10482 3912 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 266DEG 16KT 3885 10487
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 339 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 COZ085-312215- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- 339 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM MDT... AT 339 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRUCKTON...OR 30 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRUCKTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3878 10405 3855 10405 3863 10438 3880 10433 TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 283DEG 20KT 3870 10427
Special weather statement, May 31, 4:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 36 min |
| May 31, 1:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 92 min |
| May 31, 1:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 83 min |
| May 31, 2:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 95 min |
| May 31, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 89 min |
| May 31, 2:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| May 31, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| May 31, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 41 min |
| May 31, 4:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| May 31, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| May 31, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 25 min |
| May 31, 5:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 32 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.