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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 31, 2014Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2014, 11:46 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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, 11:46 PM MDT (05:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2014, 12:15 AM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 407 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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, 11:27 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 11:27 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:10 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 8:09 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
809 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

COZ097-098-010230-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
809 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND
NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM MDT...

AT 809 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCCLAVE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMAR AND MCCLAVE.

LAT...LON 3795 10290 3813 10293 3816 10261 3795 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 263DEG 17KT 3806 10282
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
835 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

COZ097-098-010300-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
835 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL PROWERS AND EAST
CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM MDT...

AT 834 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AREAS SOUTH OF LAMAR.

LAT...LON 3790 10276 3809 10276 3805 10237 3786 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 270DEG 16KT 3800 10267
Local storm report, May 31, 8:40 PM MDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
840 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0836 PM     HAIL             12 N SUGAR CITY         38.41N 103.70W
05/31/2014  E0.88 INCH       CROWLEY            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Special weather statement, May 31, 9:21 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
921 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

COZ098-010345-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-
921 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 945
PM MDT...

AT 920 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANADA...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL PROWERS
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3782 10256 3805 10255 3800 10206 3780 10207
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 268DEG 20KT 3793 10242
Special weather statement, May 31, 9:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
945 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

COZ098-010415-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-
945 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL
1015 PM MDT...

AT 945 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF GRANADA...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF COOLIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
PROWERS COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3781 10241 3799 10236 3798 10219 3796 10204
      3769 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 283DEG 18KT 3789 10230

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Special weather statement, May 31, 11:46 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
May 31, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa28 min
May 31, 6:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent38 min
May 31, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa14 min
May 31, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso27 min
May 31, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca26 min
May 31, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa25 min
May 31, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa15 min
May 31, 7:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley19 min
May 31, 8:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent21 min
May 31, 8:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley40 min
May 31, 8:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers25 min
May 31, 9:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers24 min
May 31, 9:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers30 min
May 31, 10:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers45 min
Jun 1, 2:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers45 min
Jun 1, 2:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa57 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.