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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 9, 2014El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2014, 2:12 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 9, 2014, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2014, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 94 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

374 
WWUS85 KPUB 092012
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
212 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014
 
COZ084-092045-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
212 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY
UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

AT 211 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLACK FOREST...OR 21 MILES
NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTH 
CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY NORTH OF PEYTON AND CALHAN.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3900 10462 3901 10463 3913 10471 3913 10428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 276DEG 17KT 3910 10461 

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TLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 12:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller27 min
Aug 9, 1:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso35 min
Aug 9, 1:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso35 min
Aug 9, 1:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Aug 9, 2:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso26 min
Aug 9, 2:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert25 min
Aug 9, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso34 min
Aug 9, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller28 min
Aug 9, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller30 min
Aug 9, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa29 min
Aug 9, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa48 min
Aug 9, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca29 min
Aug 9, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa34 min
Aug 9, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa32 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.