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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2014, 3:55 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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 9, 2014, 3:55 PM MDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2014, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 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 9, 3:19 PM MDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:19 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 11:50 AM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1150 AM MDT WED JUL 9 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-101300- 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- 1150 AM MDT WED JUL 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO...AND LINGER INTO THE EVENING. ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. THESE SEVERE STORMS...IF THEY DEVELOP...WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE...THREATS FROM STRONGER STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH AND HAIL GENERALLY UNDER ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. IN ADDITION...AREA BURN SCARS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR STORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. ANOTHER CONCERN WILL BE HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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 HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. THE STORMS SHOULD GENERALLY BE SLOW MOVING...WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY THREATEN AREA BURN SCARS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 10/27
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:16 PM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1216 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2014 COZ081-084-085-091845- 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- 1216 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM MDT... AT 1215 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM DEVLOPING WEST OF THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM...HOWEVER IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES FURTHER THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS... CASCADE AND CHIPITA PARK. LAT...LON 3896 10502 3904 10487 3895 10479 3884 10492 TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 331DEG 9KT 3895 10491 ETP
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 125 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2014 COZ081-084-085-091945- 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- 125 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2014 AT 121 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER AND NORTHWEST OF THE WALDO BURN SCAR. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THROUGH 2 PM...UP TO 0.10 INCHES OF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WALDO BURN SCAR...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST SECTIONS OF THE BURN SCAR. DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON TIME PERIOD...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN SCAR. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE BURN SCAR SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE WEATHER THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. LAT...LON 3899 10501 3906 10488 3895 10476 3883 10492 TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 323DEG 14KT 3895 10492 HODANISH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 6:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 12:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 1:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 20 min |
| Jul 9, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 4:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 34 min |
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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.