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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 11, 2014Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2014, 6:50 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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 11, 2014, 6:50 PM MDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2014, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 354 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 2014-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1716 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 2014-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1716 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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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 11, 6:04 PM MDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:04 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 6:08 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
428 PM MDT WED JUN 11 2014

COZ081-082-084-085-112300-
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-
428 PM MDT WED JUN 11 2014

AT 424 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREAS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER WESTERN TELLER COUNTY. THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE OVER THE WALDO BURN SCAR
BETWEEN 445 PM AND 600 PM. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WALDO BURN SCAR
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE WEATHER THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
CONTINUES TO INCREASE OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION.

LAT...LON 3890 10519 3908 10514 3904 10478 3883 10488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 282DEG 22KT 3898 10508

HODANISH
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
437 PM MDT WED JUN 11 2014

COZ097-098-112300-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
437 PM MDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS AND
SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM MDT...

AT 436 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR...OR
23 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
PROWERS AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3768 10278 3782 10285 3793 10263 3772 10251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 245DEG 26KT 3776 10277

HODANISH
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
452 PM MDT WED JUN 11 2014

COZ096-112315-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-
452 PM MDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM MDT...

AT 452 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRANDON...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF FIRSTVIEW...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE AND BRANDON.

LAT...LON 3857 10205 3840 10246 3841 10248 3857 10259
      3858 10257 3862 10251 3862 10233 3861 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 239DEG 39KT 3853 10246

HODANISH
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
457 PM MDT WED JUN 11 2014

COZ097-098-112330-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
457 PM MDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN PROWERS AND EAST CENTRAL
BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT...

AT 456 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTH OF TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR...OR 16
MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN PROWERS AND
EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3772 10264 3786 10279 3816 10246 3796 10223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 227DEG 27KT 3785 10265

HODANISH
Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:50 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 12, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller30 min
Jun 12, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller36 min
Jun 12, 3:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
Jun 12, 4:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso111 min
Jun 12, 4:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas46 min
Jun 12, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso43 min
Jun 12, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller29 min
Jun 12, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller34 min

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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.