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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 6, 2014Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2014, 2:28 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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: Jun 6, 2014, 2:28 PM MDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2014, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 6, 11:03 AM MDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 11:03 AM MDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 11:02 AM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1102 AM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-071715-
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-
1102 AM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO RE-DEVELOP AROUND NOON OVER THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS
TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED INITIALLY AS STORMS DEVELOP. IN
ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IF ONE OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVES OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR...FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OFF THE MOUNTAINS AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS
THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  AS THEY MOVE
EAST...THEY WILL STRENGTHEN WITH SEVERAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
LIKELY...WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT EAST INTO KANSAS BY MIDNIGHT.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE KANSAS AND NEW MEXICO BORDERS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING. THE EXACT LOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT WILL DEPEND HIGHLY ON
WHERE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES RESIDE...WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
THIS WEEKEND INCREASING LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AREAS FARTHER
WEST WILL SEE LESS ACTIVITY BUT STILL SEE SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

PRIMARY STORM THREATS OVER THE WEEKEND WILL INCLUDE HEAVY
RAIN...FLOODING...LARGE HAIL AND LIGHTNING. THE FLOOD THREAT WILL
BE GREATEST ON AREA BURN SCARS. HOWEVER...AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS
SWOLLEN BY RECENT SNOWMELT WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE.

AFTER A DRYING TREND MONDAY THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY...THE CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY AS A NEW WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

31/23

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 1:33 PM MDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:40 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:00 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:28 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 6:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	32 min
Jun 5, 6:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	27 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	51 min
Jun 5, 6:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jun 5, 6:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	49 min
Jun 5, 7:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jun 5, 7:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	39 min
Jun 5, 7:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 5, 8:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	56 min
Jun 5, 8:11 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	34 min
Jun 5, 8:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	51 min
Jun 5, 8:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	43 min
Jun 5, 8:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	41 min
Jun 5, 8:42 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	33 min
Jun 5, 9:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	33 min
Jun 5, 9:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jun 5, 9:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	23 min
Jun 5, 9:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	23 min
Jun 5, 10:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 5, 10:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	26 min
Jun 5, 10:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	51 min
Jun 5, 11:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	38 min
Jun 6, 12:13 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	92 min
Jun 6, 2:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	30 min
Jun 6, 12:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	45 min
Jun 6, 1:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
Jun 6, 1:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	43 min
Jun 6, 1:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	50 min
Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jun 6, 1:56 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Las Animas	34 min
Jun 6, 2:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
Jun 6, 2:23 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
Jun 6, 2:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	51 min
Jun 6, 2:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	49 min
Jun 6, 2:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 6, 2:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Las Animas	23 min
Jun 6, 2:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	36 min
Jun 6, 3:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	40 min
Jun 6, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
Jun 6, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	50 min
Jun 6, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	50 min
Jun 6, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	23 min
Jun 6, 3:17 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	28 min
Jun 6, 3:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	19 min
Jun 6, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	23 min
Jun 6, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	45 min
Jun 6, 3:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	39 min
Jun 6, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	34 min
Jun 6, 4:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	35 min
Jun 6, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	46 min
Jun 6, 4:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	60 min
Jun 6, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	28 min
Jun 6, 4:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	27 min
Jun 6, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Jun 6, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	37 min
Jun 6, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	30 min
Jun 6, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	91 min

Nearby

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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.