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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 8, 2014Saguache County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2014, 11:52 AM MDT for Saguache County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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 8, 2014, 11:52 AM MDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 12:15 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 321 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-348 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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 8, 9:04 AM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 9:04 AM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 6:09 AM MDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:42 AM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:10 AM MDT, 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:52 AM 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 7, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent32 min
Jun 7, 9:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso25 min
Jun 8, 10:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache33 min
Jun 8, 11:10 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache35 min
Jun 8, 12:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller31 min
Jun 8, 12:31 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBTeller29 min
Jun 8, 12:58 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBTeller32 min
Jun 8, 1:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont43 min
Jun 8, 1:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller58 min
Jun 8, 1:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo25 min
Jun 8, 1:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller35 min
Jun 8, 1:44 PM MDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPUBAlamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande3 hr
Jun 8, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller45 min
Jun 8, 2:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 8, 2:18 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo27 min
Jun 8, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 min
Jun 8, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo50 min
Jun 8, 2:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 8, 2:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBPueblo3 hr
Jun 8, 2:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo35 min
Jun 8, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso47 min
Jun 8, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo47 min
Jun 8, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero52 min
Jun 8, 3:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas40 min
Jun 8, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas52 min
Jun 8, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa28 min
Jun 8, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers81 min
Jun 8, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca26 min
Jun 8, 5:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa, Prowers96 min
Jun 8, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca29 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.