Alert archive / Colorado / Special Weather Statements in 2014
Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2014, 4:46 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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 17, 2014, 4:46 PM MDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2014, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 433 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 17, 3:46 PM MDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:46 PM MDT, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 346 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 345 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2014 ...MUCH QUIETER... MUCH DRIER...MORE STABLE AIR HAS MOVED IN OVER MOST OF THE REGION PER RADAR AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS OVER THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...WHERE THE AIR MASS IS STILL ADEQUATELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. RADAR HAS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ACROSS THE SAN JUANS FOR SEVERAL HOURS NOW...WITH A FEW CELLS BEING GENERATED OVER THE RANGES FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND EAST. EXPECT THIS PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH CONTINUED ACTIVITY OVER THE SAN JUANS...ALONG WITH INCREASED DEVELOPED OVER THE OTHER MOUNTAIN RANGES. ALSO...IT SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY DRY ON THE PLAINS THIS EVENING. THERE IS SMALL CHANCE THAT A FEW ISOLATED CELLS COULD TRY TO DRIFT OUT ONTO THE WESTERNMOST PLAINS DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT THIS IS REALLY A PRETTY SMALL CHANCE. TOMORROW WILL BE MUCH WARMER...WITH ISOLATED...HIGH BASED CONVECTION OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH THE AIR MASS BEING SO MUCH WARMER...ALMOST 20 DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAY ACROSS THE PLAINS...AND THE MOISTURE BEING HIGHER BASED...THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS WILL TURN TO LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THERE COULD BE AN ISOLATED POCKET OF HEAVY RAIN SOMEWHERE IN THE AFTERNOON BUT THIS SHOULD REALLY BE THE EXCEPTION RATHER THAN THE RULE. THE MAIN THING WILL BE THE RETURN OF TRUE MID SUMMER HEAT. SO LONG FOR NOW SEPTEMBER TEMPERATURES. LW .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 345 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2014 A RETURN TO A MORE TRANQUIL AND WARMER METEOROLOGICAL PATTERN IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE LONGER TERM AS UPPER RIDGING BUILDS INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO. RECENT LONGER TERM COMPUTER SIMULATIONS INDICATE THAT UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AT 06Z SATURDAY BUILDS OVER NEW MEXICO AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE REGION THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE SHIFTING INTO COLORADO FROM TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SURFACE LEE-SIDE TROUGHING BECOMES ANCHORED OVER FAR EASTERN COLORADO/FAR WESTERN KANSAS FROM LATER FRIDAY INTO MONDAY. LONGER RANGE COMPUTER MODELS SUGGEST THAT NORTHERLY SURGE WILL ATTEMPT TO PUSH ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH ANOTHER EASTERLY SURGE ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP BY NEXT THURSDAY. ENOUGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE IS PROJECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE CWFA DURING THE LONGER TERM TO WARRANT ISOLATED PRIMARILY HIGHER TERRAIN AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...WITH UPTICKS IN PRECIPITATION COVERAGE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY INTO NEXT THURSDAY. RELATIVELY FAVORABLE CAPE...LI AND SHEAR VALUES WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ONE OR TWO STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PRIMARILY FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT FRIDAY EVENING AND THEN AGAIN FROM LATER SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT(IF THE CAP CAN BE BROKEN). FINALLY...ABOVE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NOTED OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT FROM THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT THURSDAY AS PROJECTED INTERSTATE 25 700 MB TEMPERATURES APPROACH 20C AT TIMES ALLOWING THE MAJORITY OF EASTERN COLORADO TO EXPERIENCE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND EVEN THREATEN THE CENTURY MARK AT TIMES FROM THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 345 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2014 MUCH DRIER NEXT 24 HOURS. STILL DECENT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF I-25 THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...BUT ONLY VERY ISOLATED ACTIVITY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. KALS HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING STORMS THIS EVENING. KPUB AND PROBABLY KCOS WILL MISS OUT ON THE ACTIVITY. CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE THROUGH MVFR/IFR/LIFR IN STORMS. PRIMARY WINDOW FOR STORMS THIS EVENING WILL CLOSE AROUND 03Z. OUTSIDE OF STORMS...GENERALLY VFR EXPECTED. FOR TOMORROW...DRIER AND MUCH WARMER. STILL SOME ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN THE AFTERNOON. A STORM COULD IMPACT KCOS AND KALS...BUT PROBABLY NOT KPUB. CHANCES ARE PRETTY REMOTE SO NO INDICATION IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. PRIMARY THREATS FROM STORMS TOMORROW WILL BE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STORM INITIATION TIME SHOULD BE CLOSE TO 18Z. LW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 11:59 AM MDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1159 AM MDT THU JUL 17 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-181800- 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- 1159 AM MDT THU JUL 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LESS NUMEROUS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THAN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WITH SCATTERED STORMS FORMING OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DRIFTING ACROSS THE PLAINS AND VALLEYS LATE IN THE DAY. STORM INTENSITY WILL BE LESS AS WELL TODAY...WITH ANY STORMS WHICH FORM PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND SOME PEA SIZED HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY THIS EVENING WITH CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY NEAR AND OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SATURDAY INTO NEXT WEEK...STORMS WILL BE MORE ISOLATED IN COVERAGE...AND MAINLY CONFINED TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER AND NEAR THE THE MOUNTAINS. 50/50
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:46 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 446 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2014 COZ081-172315- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 446 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 445 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CRIPPLE CREEK...OR 18 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CRIPPLE CREEK. LAT...LON 3881 10519 3878 10507 3872 10509 3874 10521 TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 019DEG 2KT 3877 10516 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 6:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 6:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 7:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 7:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 7:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 8:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 8:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 8:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 16 min |
| Jul 16, 9:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 9:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 10:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 118 min |
| Jul 16, 10:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:17 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:37 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:22 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 36 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:38 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 67 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 5:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 32 min |
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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.