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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2014, 5:55 PM MDT for Chaffee County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 31, 2014, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2014, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Chaffee County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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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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 31, 5:42 PM MDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 5:42 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1127 AM MDT THU JUL 31 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-011300- 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- 1127 AM MDT THU JUL 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING OFF INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS...AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...PARTICULARLY OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS WIDESPREAD THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE STILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SUSCEPTIBLE BURN SCARS AND IN AREAS OF STEEPER TERRAIN. COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH MORNING CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP THE MAJORITY OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS TOO STABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING LOW. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...ONE OR TWO STORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND LOCAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED PRIMARILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE MAJORITY OF SOUTHERN COLORADO FROM FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. THE MOST WIDESPREAD COVERAGE IS EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN FROM MONDAY INTO NEXT WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER AREA BURN SCARS AND LOCATIONS WHICH RECEIVED RECENT SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION. IN ADDITION...HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AREA BURN SCARS...URBAN AREAS...STEEP TERRAIN LOCATIONS AND AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED RECENT HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE FLASH FLOOD RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR. 06/06
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:59 PM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 159 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2014 COZ067-068-070-071-312045- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT CO- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT CO- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY CO- 159 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CONEJOS...SOUTHEASTERN RIO GRANDE AND SOUTHWESTERN ALAMOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT... AT 158 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAPULIN...OR 18 MILES WEST OF ALAMOSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MANASSA...SANFORD...LA JARA...ANTONITO...ROMEO...CAPULIN...CONEJOS AND BOUNTIFUL. 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. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3734 10633 3748 10619 3732 10578 3706 10603 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 307DEG 7KT 3737 10619 KAM
Local storm report, Jul 31, 3:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 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 30, 6:19 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 20 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 24 min |
| Jul 30, 7:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 23 min |
| Jul 30, 7:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Conejos | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Conejos | 14 min |
| Jul 31, 3:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 20 min |
| Jul 31, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 23 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.