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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 25, 2014El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2014, 8:39 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2014, 8:39 PM MDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2014, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.

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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: 31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -287 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 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 25, 7:54 PM MDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 7:54 PM MDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 8:06 PM MDT, 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
806 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-270215-
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-
806 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN
EL PASO...CROWLEY AND KIOWA COUNTIES THROUGH 10 PM. THREATS
FROM THESE STORMS INCLUDE HAIL TO ONE INCH AND WINDS TO 60 MPH.
OTHER ISOLATED STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT
WILL INCLUDE THE THREATS OF LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES AND
THEN MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. WITH ABUNDANT
MONSOON MOISTURE OVER THE AREA...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE AND COULD THREATEN AREA BURN SCARS. OTHER STORM THREATS
INCLUDE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SOME OF THE STRONGER
STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.

TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 12000 FEET.

DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR FRIDAY AND THE
WEEKEND...BUT SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS NORTH OF
THE ARKANSAS RIVER.

44/44

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
630 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

COZ086-260130-
PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
630 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

...WIND THREAT CONTINUES FOR PUEBLO INCLUDING THE COLORADO STATE
FAIR GROUNDS...

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL
730 PM MDT...

AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST PUEBLO COUNT...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

OUTFLOW WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM
AS IT TRACKS EAST ACROSS CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PUEBLO...INCLUDING THE COLORADO STATE FAIR GROUNDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3823 10466 3827 10465 3826 10460 3823 10463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 282DEG 21KT 3824 10460

LW

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
658 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

COZ093-097-260130-
LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
658 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO AND WEST
CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT...

AT 658 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HIGBEE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH LA
JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGBEE.

LAT...LON 3769 10336 3776 10357 3805 10350 3797 10315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 204DEG 11KT 3780 10343

HODANISH

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 7:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
713 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

COZ093-097-260215-
LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
713 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO AND
NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM MDT...

AT 712 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGBEE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH LA
JUNTA...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...LAS ANIMAS...CHERAW AND JOHN MARTIN
RESERVOIR.

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 3777 10332 3780 10354 3816 10356 3813 10315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 190DEG 21KT 3786 10342

LW

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 7:55 PM MDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 8:03 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
803 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

COZ084-085-260300-
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-
803 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL
900 PM MDT...

AT 802 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRUCKTON...OR 32 MILES EAST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRUCKTON...RUSH AND YODER.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3873 10405 3862 10425 3867 10437 3904 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 221DEG 18KT 3868 10426

LW

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 8:39 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
839 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

COZ085-260330-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
839 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL
930 PM MDT...

AT 838 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRUCKTON...OR 39 MILES EAST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.  HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCAL FLOODING IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRUCKTON.

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.

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.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3881 10406 3867 10405 3865 10405 3865 10414
      3873 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 250DEG 9KT 3870 10410

LW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 6:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont, Pueblo	37 min
Aug 25, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	52 min
Aug 25, 6:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Aug 25, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	60 min
Aug 25, 6:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	39 min
Aug 25, 6:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	32 min
Aug 25, 7:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	62 min
Aug 25, 7:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	65 min
Aug 25, 8:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	57 min
Aug 25, 9:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	57 min
Aug 25, 9:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	54 min
Aug 25, 10:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	53 min
Aug 25, 10:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	60 min
Aug 25, 10:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	52 min
Aug 25, 10:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 14 more	29 hr
Aug 26, 12:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		36 min
Aug 26, 12:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	36 min
Aug 26, 12:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	33 min
Aug 26, 1:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	30 min
Aug 26, 1:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	36 min
Aug 26, 1:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Aug 26, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	27 min
Aug 26, 2:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Aug 26, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	28 min
Aug 26, 3:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Las Animas	3 hr
Aug 26, 3:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	33 min
Aug 26, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero	17 min
Aug 26, 4:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Prowers	67 min
Aug 26, 5:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	29 min
Aug 26, 5:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	113 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.