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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 25, 2014Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2014, 1:06 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 25, 2014, 1:06 PM MDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2014, 1:30 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2014-07-25Temperature 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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 25, 12:14 PM MDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 12:14 PM MDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 12:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1203 PM MDT FRI JUL 25 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-261815-
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-
1203 PM MDT FRI JUL 25 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

MONSOON MOISTURE HAS INCREASED AND SPREAD FARTHER EAST ACROSS
COLORADO TODAY.  AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE
WIDESPREAD...EXTEND FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS...AND HAVE A
BETTER POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN.

WIND SHEAR IS STILL PRETTY WEAK SO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
REMAINS LOW.  PRIMARY CONCERNS TODAY WILL BE LIGHTNING...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS.

AREA BURN SCARS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS EACH
DAY...WITH THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST PLAINS SUNDAY. GOOD CHANCES OF DAILY THUNDERSTORMS WILL
THEN PERSIST ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MAIN
THREATS FROM STORMS ON SATURDAY WILL BE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO
50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF HAIL AROUND
ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OVER 58 MPH ON THE PLAINS
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE PROBABLE ACROSS THE AREA
SUNDAY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. AREA BURN SCARS WILL ALSO BE HIGHLY
SUSCEPTIBLE FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. PEOPLES LIVING OR WORKING
NEAR THESE BURN AREAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECASTS SUNDAY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL
BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON AREA BURN SCARS.

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In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 6:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso118 min
Jul 24, 6:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont18 min
Jul 25, 1:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande34 min
Jul 25, 2:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso23 min
Jul 25, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller27 min
Jul 25, 3:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller22 min
Jul 25, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont36 min
Jul 25, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo23 min
Jul 25, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo51 min

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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.