Alert archive / Colorado / Special Weather Statements in 2014

Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 2, 2014Costilla County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2014, 6:21 PM MDT for Costilla County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 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
Aug 2, 2014, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2014, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Costilla County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2014-08-03Temperature 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2014-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

155 
WWUS85 KPUB 030021
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
621 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2014
 
COZ071-074-030115-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY CO-
621 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COSTILLA COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM MDT...

AT 620 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAN LUIS...OR 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ALAMOSA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH 
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAN LUIS...SAN PABLO...MESITA...SANCHEZ RESERVOIR...SAN ACACIO AND
CHAMA.

LAT...LON 3709 10573 3728 10552 3727 10548 3722 10536
      3701 10541 3700 10543 3700 10550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 024DEG 6KT 3721 10549 

$$

LW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 1:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont27 min

Nearby

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.