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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 8, 2014Custer County, Fremont County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2014, 5:07 PM MDT for Custer County, Fremont County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 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 8, 2014, 5:07 PM MDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2014, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 256 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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 Jul 8, 3:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
319 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 319 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014

CURRENTLY...STRATUS HAS ERODED OVER ALL BUT A SMALL PORTION OF EL
PASO COUNTY AND AIR MASS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND I-25 CORRIDOR HAS
BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES ABOVE 1000 J/KG WEST OF I-25.
NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF UPPER SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION TODAY...BUT WITH
AFTERNOON HEATING OVER THE SANGRES AND POINTS WESTWARD...HAVE SEEN
SCATTERED TSRA DEVELOP AS 0F 21Z. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING...EXPECT SCATTERED TSRA TO CONTINUE OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN VALLEYS...WITH MESOSCALE MODELS (ESPECIALLY
HRRR) SUGGESTING CONVECTION OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND PARK
COUNTY WILL BUILD SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS FREMONT/PUEBLO/CUSTER
COUNTIES 22-02Z. THIS LOOKS REASONABLE GIVEN RADAR
TRENDS/SOUTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDS AND AVAILABLE INSTABILITY ALONG
THE ARKANSAS VALLEY FROM PUEBLO WESTWARD. BEST BET FOR HEAVY RAIN
THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY BE IN/NEAR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE
EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRES...THOUGH A COUPLE STRONGER TSRA MAY CROSS
TELLER COUNTY 21-23Z AS WELL. CONVECTION WILL SLOW DIE BY LATE
EVENING...THOUGH A FEW STORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT ALONG
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
WHERE MOISTURE WILL BE DEEPEST.

ON WEDNESDAY...UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS OVER THE STATE WITH LOW LEVEL
FLOW BECOMING MORE SWLY BY AFTERNOON. EXPECT MUCH WARMER MAX TEMPS
OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS AS A RESULT...WITH MORE MODEST
WARMING FARTHER WEST. IN GENERAL...MOISTURE DECREASES SLIGHTLY OVER
THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA AND REMAINS UNCHANGED OVER THE WEST.
WILL THUS SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON TSRA MOST LOCATIONS...WITH
CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS SEEING BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS. I-25
CORRIDOR AND MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL SEE MORE ISOLATED
ACTIVITY...THOUGH CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH NEAR THE KS
BORDER MAY PRODUCE A STRONGER STORM OR TWO LATE.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 319 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014

A RATHER STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO STORY ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER
THE DESERT SW AND GREAT BASIN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...WITH A HEALTHY
AMOUNT OF MONSOON MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDER THE RIDGE PROVIDING THE
FUEL FOR A DAILY SHOT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CONVECTION WILL
BE MAINLY DIURNAL...BUT MAY START A BIT EARLIER OVER THE MTS DURING
THE LATE MORNING HRS...AS WELL AS BLEED OVER INTO THE OVERNIGHT.
CONVECTION IS FORECAST TO BE SCATTERED OVER THE MTS...LIKELY OVER
THE PEAKS...AND MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE ACROSS THE PLAINS AND SAN
LUIS VALLEY.

THE ONLY POTENTIAL CHANGE TO THIS PATTERN WILL BE DUE TO AN UPPER
DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE NORTHERN ROCKIES LATE THU. THIS WILL PUSH A
COLD FRONT DOWN INTO EASTERN CO ON SAT...BUT WITH THE TRUE EFFECTS
THEN REALIZED ON SUN. THIS WILL RESULT IN SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS ON
SUN...AS WELL AS MORE WIDESPREAD SCATTERED POPS FOR THE E PLAINS.

OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR MAX TEMPS EACH DAY TO BE IN THE 90S PUSHING 100
F FOR THE PLAINS...AND 80S TO NEAR 90 FOR THE HIGH VALLEYS. MIN
TEMPS EACH NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 60S FOR THE PLAINS...AND
40S TO AROUND 50 F FOR THE HIGH VALLEYS. THE ONE COOLER DAY THAT
STANDS OUT WILL BE SUNDAY...WHEN MAX TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE
80S TO AROUND 90 F FOR THE PLAINS AND AROUND 80 F FOR THE VALLEYS.
MOORE

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 319 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014

MVFR STRATUS FINALLY BREAKING AT KCOS AS OF 21Z WITH VFR
CONDITIONS AT KPUB AND KCOS. TSRA WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND STILL EXPECT A FEW STORMS TO SPREAD
ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND I-25 CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING. WILL KEEP MENTION OF VCTS FROM 21Z-03Z THIS EVENING FOR
KALS...WITH A LATER CHANCE FOR TSRA AT KCOS AND KPUB...LIKELY
BEGINNING AROUND 22-23Z. TERMINALS WILL ALL BECOME VFR OVERNIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND WITH LOW LEVEL FLOW GRADUALLY
BECOMING MORE SW...THINK POTENTIAL FOR ANY STRATUS IS TOO LOW TO
MENTION AT KCOS AND KPUB. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION
WEDNESDAY...BEGINNING OVER THE MOUNTAINS THEN DRIFTING TOWARD THE
TAF SITES AFTER 20Z.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...PETERSEN
LONG TERM...MOORE
AVIATION...PETERSEN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 11:45 AM MDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1145 AM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-091745-
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-
1145 AM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SOUTHERN
COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH MOST ACTIVITY REMAINING
ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM STORMS
TODAY WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 45
MPH...AND HAIL GENERALLY UNDER ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. IN
ADDITION...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
AREA BURN SCARS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STRONGER
STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS SHOULD GENERALLY
BE SLOW MOVING...WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT
COULD THREATEN AREA BURN SCARS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

10/27

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
341 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014

COZ081-082-084-085-082215-
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-
341 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT...

AT 340 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WOODLAND PARK...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE
ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...PIKES PEAK...
CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...CASCADE...GLENEAGLE AND DIVIDE.

LAT...LON 3896 10522 3909 10505 3905 10480 3871 10497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 314DEG 17KT 3898 10507

EP
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:07 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
507 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014

COZ069-072-073-076>080-083-086-082345-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT CO-WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY CO-
PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY  ABOVE 8500FT CO-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO-
507 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HUERFANO...WEST
CENTRAL PUEBLO...CUSTER...EAST CENTRAL SAGUACHE AND SOUTHEASTERN
FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT...

AT 506 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTOPAXI...OR 53 MILES WEST
OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...CANON CITY...COALDALE...PENROSE...ROYAL GORGE...
COTOPAXI...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...HILLSIDE...
ROSITA...WETMORE AND BEULAH.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3810 10584 3846 10574 3852 10544 3850 10499
      3825 10481 3799 10495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 279DEG 27KT 3822 10560

KAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 2:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano27 min
Jul 8, 2:50 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB25 min
Jul 8, 3:13 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas17 min
Jul 8, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBMineral36 min
Jul 8, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller34 min
Jul 8, 4:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller117 min
Jul 8, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller29 min
Jul 8, 5:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCuster, Fremont, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 8, 5:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano42 min

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