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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 6, 2014Bent County, Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2014, 11:49 PM MDT for Bent County, Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 71 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, 11:49 PM MDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2014, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
71 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-101 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, 11:37 PM MDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 11:37 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 11:02 AM MDT, 12 hours 47 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

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1021 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

COZ085-086-070515-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
1021 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM
MDT...

AT 1018 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR PINON...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
PUEBLO...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...PINON AND OPEN COUNTRY OF NORTHERN
PUEBLO AND SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES.

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 3876 10405 3826 10406 3835 10473 3857 10474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 265DEG 26KT 3845 10464
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:24 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:36 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:49 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
Jun 6, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca27 min
Jun 6, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller29 min
Jun 6, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso89 min
Jun 6, 10:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso54 min
Jun 6, 10:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley, Pueblo90 min
Jun 6, 11:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley96 min
Jun 6, 11:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers81 min
Jun 6, 11:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller54 min
Jun 6, 11:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo24 min
Jun 7, 1:35 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo55 min
Jun 7, 1:58 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas62 min
Jun 7, 1:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller25 min
Jun 7, 1:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster31 min
Jun 7, 1:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller29 min
Jun 7, 1:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Huerfano, Pueblo20 min
Jun 7, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller34 min
Jun 7, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo29 min
Jun 7, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero33 min
Jun 7, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero33 min
Jun 7, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla34 min
Jun 7, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero33 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero26 min
Jun 7, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster23 min
Jun 7, 4:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley35 min
Jun 7, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent23 min
Jun 7, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas39 min
Jun 7, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley32 min
Jun 7, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent31 min
Jun 7, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa30 min
Jun 7, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa32 min

Nearby

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

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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.