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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 23, 2014Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2014, 3:32 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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 23, 2014, 3:32 PM MDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2014, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 233 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: 24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -282 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 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 23, 11:59 AM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 11:59 AM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 12:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1200 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-241800-
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-
1200 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
ALL STORMS TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN
ADDITION TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. EAST OF INTERSTATE
25...A FEW STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL
LIKELY TURN SEVERE...AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO TWO INCHES
DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. A TORNADO OR TWO COULD ALSO
OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TUESDAY WITH THE MAIN
THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP
OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND MOVE ONTO THE
EASTERN PLAINS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND EASTWARD. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL
LINGER OVER EL PASO COUNTY FOR THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR.

ON WEDNESDAY...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN
PLAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. WITH LIGHT WINDS ALOFT...THERE
IS A DECREASED THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
HOWEVER...STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY...AND THERE IS A THREAT FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER
THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR.

STARTING THURSDAY...MOISTURE WILL DECREASE AND THERE WILL ONLY BE
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

50/50

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
103 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

COZ081-084-085-231930-
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-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
103 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL
130 PM MDT...

AT 102 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CRYSTOLA...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO BURN
SCAR WITH THIS STORM...HOWEVER IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES FURTHER
THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...CAMP CREEK...
INCLUDING QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST
STREET CHANNEL...FOUNTAIN CREEK...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING
EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR FORCE ACADEMY...SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING
MOUNTAIN SHADOWS...HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK...MONUMENT
CREEK...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND ROCKRIMMON
SUBDIVISIONS...SAND GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK...WILLIAMS
CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS...NORTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING
OAK VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK...WALDO CANYON...
INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS AND WELLINGTON GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA
PARK.

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 3899 10502 3903 10498 3899 10491 3892 10488
      3890 10492 3892 10498
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 320DEG 21KT 3899 10497

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
130 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

COZ081-085-232015-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
130 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL
215 PM MDT...

AT 129 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STRATMOOR AND CIMARRON HILLS AROUND 145 PM MDT.
  COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB AND FORT CARSON AROUND 150 PM MDT.
  SECURITY AROUND 155 PM MDT.
  SECURITY-WIDEFIELD AROUND 200 PM MDT.
  FOUNTAIN AROUND 205 PM MDT.

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 3886 10492 3896 10479 3883 10457 3867 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 319DEG 18KT 3888 10482

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
136 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

COZ081-082-085-232000-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
136 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND
SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM MDT...

AT 136 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MANITOU SPRINGS...OR NEAR COLORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FORT CARSON AND STRATMOOR AROUND 155 PM
MDT.
  FOUNTAIN...SECURITY AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD AROUND 200 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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 3881 10501 3889 10488 3878 10461 3863 10482
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 309DEG 16KT 3881 10490

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:32 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
332 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

COZ083-086-232200-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY CO-
PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
332 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO...
NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM
MDT...

AT 332 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORENCE...OR 21 MILES WEST
OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
PUEBLO...NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WETMORE.

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 3823 10508 3836 10505 3837 10480 3816 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 281DEG 12KT 3828 10501

MOORE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 6:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	58 min
Jun 22, 6:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	27 min
Jun 22, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	60 min
Jun 22, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas, Prowers	36 min
Jun 22, 7:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	31 min
Jun 23, 1:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	27 min
Jun 23, 1:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	45 min
Jun 23, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	24 min
Jun 23, 3:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	36 min
Jun 23, 3:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	23 min
Jun 23, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
Jun 23, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	29 min
Jun 23, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	58 min
Jun 23, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	31 min
Jun 23, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	53 min
Jun 23, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	52 min
Jun 23, 5:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	32 min
Jun 23, 5:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2014 Every 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.