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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2014, 10:15 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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 25, 2014, 10:15 PM MDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2014, 11:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 7:54 PM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 8:06 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 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, 8:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 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, 1 hour 36 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
LWSpecial weather statement, Aug 25, 9:18 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 918 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014 COZ081-084-085-260415- 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- 918 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 917 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS...FALCON... PETERSON AFB...STRATMOOR...BLACK FOREST...GLENEAGLE...SECURITY... CIMARRON HILLS AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. 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 3875 10474 3885 10493 3913 10479 3888 10437 TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 212DEG 18KT 3887 10479 LW
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 9:51 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 951 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014 COZ084-085-260445- 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- 951 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 949 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FALCON...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...CALHAN...RAMAH...FALCON...BLACK FOREST...PEYTON AND CIMARRON HILLS. THE EASTERN HALF OF THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR IS ALSO IN THE IMPACTED AREA. 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 1000 PM MDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL COLORADO. LAT...LON 3885 10465 3904 10480 3913 10467 3913 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 225DEG 21KT 3897 10462 LW
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 10:07 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1007 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014 COZ085-086-260500- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO- 1007 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1005 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF TRUCKTON...OR 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES. 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. && LAT...LON 3846 10426 3864 10425 3864 10406 3846 10406 TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 273DEG 14KT 3855 10416 LW
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 10:15 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>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, 8:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 51 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, 10:23 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.