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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Apr 11, 2015, 3:01 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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
- Apr 11, 2015, 3:01 PM MDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2015, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 Apr 11, 11:25 AM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 11:25 AM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 11:33 AM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1133 AM MDT SAT APR 11 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-121745- 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- 1133 AM MDT SAT APR 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER SIMULATIONS LATE THIS MORNING CONTINUE TO INDICATE ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE WEATHER...WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 3 PM ACROSS MAINLY BACA AND PROWERS COUNTIES. THE STORMS SHOULD CLEAR OUT OF THE REGION BY 7 PM. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PRIMARILY ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED SUNDAY AND MONDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND SOUTHERN LOCATIONS. INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY TO WHAT WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE REGION DURING THE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY TIME FRAME AS THE SIMULATIONS HAVE BEEN SHOWING VARYING DEGREES OF INTENSITY AND LOCATION WITH THIS UPCOMING WEATHER SYSTEM. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES FOR THE WEATHER DURING THE MID WEEK TIME FRAME. IN ADDITION...THE POTENTIAL OF LOCALIZED ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED SUNDAY...MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ALSO...PRIMARILY HIGHER TERRAIN ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM LATER TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS AFTER 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING TIL ABOUT 7 PM THIS EVENING. HODANISH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:01 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 301 PM MDT SAT APR 11 2015 COZ094-099-112130- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CO-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO- 301 PM MDT SAT APR 11 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM MDT... AT 300 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIM...OR 30 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY AND POSSIBLY BECOME SEVERE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BACA COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3724 10322 3742 10332 3764 10312 3741 10285 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 224DEG 13KT 3742 10318 HODANISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 11, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 3:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 28 min |
| Apr 11, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 17 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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.