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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 7, 2014Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2014, 2:39 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2014, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 298 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 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.

056 
WWUS85 KPUB 072039
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
239 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2014
 
COZ074-088-094-072115-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CO-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO-
239 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM MDT...

AT 239 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRINCHERA...OR 20 MILES EAST OF RATON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRANSON AND TRINCHERA. 

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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3719 10428 3714 10350 3700 10383 3700 10448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 236DEG 31KT 3699 10410 

$$

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, 2:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano29 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.