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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Sep 29, 2014, 6:35 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 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
- Sep 29, 2014, 6:35 PM MDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2014, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 Sep 29, 6:02 PM MDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 6:02 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 29, 11:38 AM MDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1138 AM MDT MON SEP 29 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-301745- 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- 1138 AM MDT MON SEP 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. ALL SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ARE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...HAIL UP TO 1.75 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. FLASH FLOODING RAINS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR THROUGH AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. INTENSE UPPER LEVEL FORCING WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG SHEAR AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY TO ALLOW FOR SEVERAL ROTATING STORMS TO DEVELOP. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION GRADUALLY MOVES TO THE EAST. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE WEATHER TODAY. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE BURN SCARS TODAY...HOWEVER THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY...SO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS LOW ACROSS THE BURN SCARS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 28 AND 34 DEGREES IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ON TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES WITH AN INCREASE IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...FIRST ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND SPREADING EAST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THURSDAY. COLDER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM AND SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY FALL TO AROUND 9000 FEET...WITH MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ON THE PEAKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. 23/23
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 29, 4:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
444 PM MDT MON SEP 29 2014
COZ074-086-088-093-094-292330-
LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO-
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-
PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
444 PM MDT MON SEP 29 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHWESTERN
OTERO AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT...
AT 443 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DELHI TO NEAR MODEL TO NEAR SUGARITE CANYON STATE
PARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
THATCHER AROUND 505 PM MDT.
ROCKY FORD AROUND 525 PM MDT.
TIMPAS AROUND 530 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3727 10418 3784 10418 3810 10372 3769 10374
3706 10391 3700 10408 3699 10432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 220DEG 41KT 3772 10414 3732 10415 3699 10432
MOORESpecial weather statement, Sep 29, 4:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
446 PM MDT MON SEP 29 2014
COZ084>086-292315-
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-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
446 PM MDT MON SEP 29 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PUEBLO AND EASTERN EL
PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM MDT...
AT 444 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST
OF GREENLAND TO NEAR SCHRIEVER AFB TO NEAR HANOVER...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALHAN...RAMAH...FALCON...TRUCKTON...RUSH...BLACK FOREST...
ELLICOTT...HANOVER...SCHRIEVER AFB...PEYTON AND YODER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND
MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3911 10405 3853 10406 3851 10454 3883 10458
3913 10480 3913 10426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 230DEG 24KT 3913 10471 3887 10452 3857 10446
MWSpecial weather statement, Sep 29, 4:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
453 PM MDT MON SEP 29 2014
COZ085-086-089-292330-
CROWLEY COUNTY CO-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
453 PM MDT MON SEP 29 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM
MDT...
AT 453 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRUCKTON...OR 34 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
CROWLEY...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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3852 10405 3852 10386 3838 10401 3848 10419
3866 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 215DEG 44KT 3849 10405
MOORESpecial weather statement, Sep 29, 5:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
516 PM MDT MON SEP 29 2014
COZ089-093>097-300000-
CROWLEY COUNTY CO-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-
LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
516 PM MDT MON SEP 29 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CROWLEY...WESTERN
KIOWA...NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS...EASTERN OTERO AND BENT COUNTIES
UNTIL 600 PM MDT...
AT 515 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
SOUTH OF FORDER TO NEAR CHERAW TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TIMPAS TO 17
MILES SOUTHEAST OF THATCHER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CHERAW AROUND 520 PM MDT.
HIGBEE AROUND 525 PM MDT.
BLUE LAKE AND ARLINGTON AROUND 535 PM MDT.
LAS ANIMAS AROUND 550 PM MDT.
JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AROUND 555 PM MDT.
HASTY AROUND 600 PM MDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE CADDOA AND FORT
LYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3726 10392 3772 10370 3809 10362 3852 10376
3853 10317 3861 10317 3861 10276 3852 10272
3814 10278 3767 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 238DEG 43KT 3855 10369 3813 10355 3776 10363
3736 10382
MOORESpecial weather statement, Sep 29, 6:02 PM MDT, 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 6:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 43 min |
| Sep 30, 4:33 AM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 27 hr |
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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.