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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 16 min |
| Aug 7, 1:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 4:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 5:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 5:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 5:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 5:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 33 min |
Nearby
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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.