Alert archive / Colorado / Special Weather Statements in 2014

Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 2, 2014Saguache County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2014, 8:32 PM MDT for Saguache 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
Jul 2, 2014, 8:32 PM MDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-07-03Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</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 Jul 2, 3:17 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:17 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
317 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 317 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

...HEAT RETURNS TOMORROW...

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE BRIEF RESPITE FROM JULY HEAT...SINCE IT WILL BE
BACK WITH US TOMORROW AND BEYOND. AS OF 2 PM MDT...FINALLY STARTING
TO SEE THE CLOUD DECK OVER THE ERN PLAINS ERODE...AND WITH SEVERAL
MORE HOURS OF HEATING SHOULD SEE TEMPS RISE INTO THE 70S THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR. CONVECTION IS JUST STARTING TO
GET GOING OVER THE MTS.WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS OVER SRN
PORTIONS OF THE CWA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF 50 BUT WITH THE BEST
COVERAGE S OF HGWY 160. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO WRN CO
TONIGHT...SO CANNOT RULE OUT CONTINUED CONVECTION
OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SRN ZONES. SO...WILL KEEP LOW POPS
IN OVERNIGHT. BUT NOT EXPECTING TOO MUCH IN THE WAY OF STRONG
ACTIVITY OVER THE PLAINS SINCE THE FORCING IS PRETTY WEAK. LATEST
HIGH RES MODEL DATA HAS PRETTY SPARSE COVERAGE OVER OUR CWA
TONIGHT...EXCEPT OVER THE SOUTHERN SANGRES AND SPANISH PEAKS AREA.

TOMORROW...COULD SEE SOME LOCALIZED MORNING STRATUS...BUT OVERALL
NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF DENSE MORNING CLOUD COVERAGE...SO
WE WILL GET CONSIDERABLY WARMER WITH H7 TEMPS RISING ABOVE 15 DEG C
BY AFTERNOON. WILL GO SLIGHTLY BELOW MOS...BUT THAT STILL PUTS THE
PLAINS IN THE LOWER TO POSSIBLY MID 90S. WITH THE INCREASED
HEATING...AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ARE MORE LIKELY AND WILL BE
STRONGER AND MORE WIDESPREAD. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE
BURN SCARS AS LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A CONCERN ESPECIALLY IN
THE AFTERNOON. ROSE

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 317 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

...WARMING AND DRYING TREND CONTINUES INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...

THURSDAY NIGHT-MONDAY...MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A LARGE UPPER
HIGH ACROSS THE DESERT SW WILL SLOWLY BUILD EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES
INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...LEADING TO A WARMING AND SLOW DRYING
TREND ACROSS AREA...AS MAIN SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS THE
OLD MEXICO IS SHUNTED NORTH AND WEST OF THE STATE. THERE IS ENOUGH
MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO AND
UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING RIDGE...ALONG WITH AN EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE
DIVING DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF THE RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH
PLAINS...TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TO HIGH END SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS
THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE BEST COVERAGE STORMS...MAINLY HIGH BASED PRODUCING LIGHTNING...
GUSTY WINDS AND LITTLE RAINFALL...OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER
TERRAIN...WITH A FEW STRONGER STORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR SE PLAINS
WITH BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. BY SATURDAY...FLOW ALOFT BECOMES
MORE NORTHERLY WITH DRIER AIR ENTRAINED WITHIN THE FLOW...WHICH
LOOKS TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH
MOISTURE IN PLACE UNDER THE RIDGE FOR DAILY CHANCES OF ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MOST STORMS TIED TO
AREAS OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WARMING ALOFT THROUGH THE
PERIOD...SHOULD BOOST HIGHS BACK TO ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES WITH
HIGHS IN THE 90S TO LOWER 100S ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS AND MAINLY
70S AND 80S ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY...AN UPTICK IN THUDERSTORM COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
STILL LOOKS TO BE IN THE OFFING AS MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME SLOWLY MOVING BACK INTO THE DESERT SW AND
INTO WESTERN COLORADO...AS EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES DIVING DOWN THE BACK
SIDE OF THE HIGH ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. WITH MORE EXPECTED
CONVECTION...SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES COOLING SLIGHTLY INTO THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 317 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

TAF SITES SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH TOMORROW. CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME
LOCALIZED STRATUS THU MORNING BUT IT SHOULD BE BRIEF AND ISOLD. MAIN
CONCERN WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN STORMS THU
AFTERNOON. COULD SEE SOME BRIEF RESTRICTIONS TO VIS AND LOCALLY GUSTY
WINDS FROM THE STRONGER STORMS...ESPECIALLY AFTER 20Z THU AND THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING. ROSE

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...ROSE
LONG TERM...MW
AVIATION...ROSE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 11:56 AM MDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1156 AM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-031800-
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-
1156 AM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER THE PLAINS...AND SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS
WILL BE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

DAILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...PRIMARILY
ACROSS AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING. AREA BURN SCARS WILL BE AT RISK BECAUSE OF THE
SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. A FEW STORMS
COULD PRODUCE MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

44/44

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
626 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

COZ065-069-072-073-030100-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT CO-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO-
626 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER...
NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE AND SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM
MDT...

AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VILLA GROVE...OR 53 MILES NORTH OF
ALAMOSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VILLA GROVE.

LAT...LON 3824 10611 3832 10603 3826 10576 3802 10592
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 296DEG 21KT 3823 10597

HODANISH
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:54 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:32 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache34 min
Jul 2, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBSaguache46 min
Jul 2, 7:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache35 min
Jul 2, 7:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache36 min
Jul 3, 1:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee23 min
Jul 3, 2:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas37 min
Jul 3, 3:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBFremont, Teller2 hr
Jul 3, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
Jul 3, 4:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller35 min
Jul 3, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
Jul 3, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso54 min
Jul 3, 5:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso2 hr

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.