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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2014, 2:25 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 20, 2014, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2014, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 20, 11:18 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 11:18 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 10:47 AM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1047 AM MDT FRI JUN 20 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-211700- 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- 1047 AM MDT FRI JUN 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE REGION...AND THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. STARTING SUNDAY AFTERNOON...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FROM THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND EASTWARD...AND THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COULD RESULT IN STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WHICH MAY INCREASE FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL FOR AREA BURN SCARS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HODANISH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:25 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 225 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2014 COZ096-098-202100- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO- 225 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT... AT 223 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BRISTOL...OR 14 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THIS STORM COULD FORM A WEAK ROPE TORNADO AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GRANADA...HARTMAN AND BRISTOL. LAT...LON 3802 10232 3812 10250 3838 10234 3823 10206 TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 215DEG 14KT 3813 10236 HODANISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 5:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 30 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.