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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 7, 2014Huerfano County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2014, 2:01 PM MDT for Huerfano 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
Aug 7, 2014, 2:01 PM MDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2014, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Huerfano County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 306 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 12:00Z on 2014-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

962 
WWUS85 KPUB 072001
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
201 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2014
 
COZ074-075-087-088-072030-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO-
201 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTH
CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM MDT...

AT 201 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GULNARE...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AGUILAR AND GULNARE. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3722 10476 3732 10496 3761 10478 3739 10440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 263DEG 20KT 3734 10475 

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 12:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller16 min
Aug 7, 1:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Las Animas3 hr
Aug 7, 1:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas2 hr
Aug 7, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas36 min
Aug 7, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas41 min
Aug 7, 3:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso23 min
Aug 7, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero28 min
Aug 7, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso58 min
Aug 7, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Las Animas, Otero49 min
Aug 7, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca48 min
Aug 7, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero31 min
Aug 7, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso23 min
Aug 7, 4:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso65 min
Aug 7, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso26 min
Aug 7, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca38 min
Aug 7, 5:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBaca6 hr
Aug 7, 5:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
Aug 7, 5:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa29 min
Aug 7, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso33 min
Aug 7, 5:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers37 min
Aug 7, 5:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa33 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.