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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2014, 2:08 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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 3, 2014, 2:08 PM MDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2014, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 Jul 3, 12:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 11:55 AM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1155 AM MDT THU JUL 3 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-041800- 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- 1155 AM MDT THU JUL 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A GOOD SUPPLY OF MOISTURE AND INCREASED HEATING WILL RESULT IN GREATER THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TODAY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR AREAS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE I-25 CORRIDOR. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. A FEW PULSE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL...BUT THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS TODAY WILL BE LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DAILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE 4TH OF JULY...AND NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR 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 LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 44/44
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:22 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
122 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2014
COZ060>063-065-072-073-076-077-031945-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT CO-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT CO-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT CO-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT CO-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO-
122 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE...NORTH
CENTRAL SAGUACHE AND NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM
MDT...
AT 121 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAYSVILLE...OR 41 MILES EAST OF GUNNISON...
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALIDA...PONCHA SPRINGS...ALPINE...NATHROP...SWISSVALE...ST ELMO AND
MAYSVILLE.
LAT...LON 3878 10593 3872 10595 3870 10597 3869 10590
3850 10582 3840 10628 3842 10629 3843 10625
3848 10630 3873 10637 3882 10595
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 346DEG 32KT 3859 10616
SRSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 2:08 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 208 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2014 COZ074-075-088-032045- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO- 208 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM MDT... AT 208 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BONCARBO...OR 9 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRINIDAD...COKEDALE...STARKVILLE...BONCARBO...GULNARE...SEGUNDO AND WESTON. LAT...LON 3709 10489 3737 10494 3740 10442 3709 10435 TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 309DEG 1KT 3721 10468 SR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Saguache | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 7:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 7:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 8:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 1:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 3:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont, Teller | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 5:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
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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.