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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 19, 2014Saguache County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2014, 3:40 PM MDT for Saguache County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 19, 2014, 3:40 PM MDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2014, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 310 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 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.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 19, 3:20 PM MDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:20 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 11:01 AM MDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1101 AM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-201715-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
1101 AM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH
VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS TODAY WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS. HOWEVER...A FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD BE A THREAT TO AREA BURN
SCARS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MONSOON MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO THROUGH FRIDAY BRINGING AN UPSWING IN AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...PARTICULARLY IN AND NEAR THE
MOUNTAINS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ESPECIALLY
FOR AREA BURN SCARS.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH THE FOCUS
FOR THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTING INTO THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS
AS A FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO OVER THE WEEKEND.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:16 PM MDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1216 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014

COZ074-075-087-191845-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO-
1216 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY
UNTIL 1245 PM MDT...

AT 1215 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPANISH PEAKS...ON THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM...HOWEVER IF
THIS STORM INTENSIFIES FURTHER THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
HUERFANO COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3740 10496 3750 10496 3753 10481 3742 10476
      3740 10488
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 263DEG 3KT 3747 10487

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
132 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014

COZ081-084-085-192000-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
132 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 131 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF .10 INCHES OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO
CANYON BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM. IT IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR...CASCADE AND CHIPITA PARK.

LAT...LON 3886 10496 3897 10502 3899 10493 3892 10485
      3888 10490
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 233DEG 13KT 3893 10492

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
201 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014

COZ081-084-085-192030-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
201 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 200 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF .10 INCHES OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO
CANYON BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM. IT IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR...MANITOU
SPRINGS...CASCADE AND CHIPITA PARK.

LAT...LON 3886 10495 3896 10502 3900 10493 3891 10483
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 249DEG 11KT 3891 10492

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:40 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 12:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	29 min
Aug 19, 1:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Huerfano	117 min
Aug 19, 1:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	28 min
Aug 19, 2:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	29 min
Aug 19, 2:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	24 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.