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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Apr 23, 2015, 3:34 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 23, 2015, 3:34 PM MDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2015, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2416 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 Apr 23, 12:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 12:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 12:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1200 PM MDT THU APR 23 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-241800- 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- 1200 PM MDT THU APR 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL THEN SPREAD EASTWARD TO THE EASTERN PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A FEW STORMS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THREATS FROM THESE STORMS COULD INCLUDE HAIL TO ONE INCH AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE LIGHTING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS GENERALLY ABOVE 9000 FEET BOTH DAYS. ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...BRINGING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO ALL OF SOUTHERN COLORADO...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND FOR AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 50/50
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 1:34 PM MDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 134 PM MDT THU APR 23 2015 COZ086-232000- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO- 134 PM MDT THU APR 23 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM MDT... AT 133 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF SALT CREEK...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EASTERN PUEBLO...BLENDE...SALT CREEK...AVONDALE AND PUEBLO DEPOT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3802 10461 3815 10469 3838 10448 3815 10422 TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 233DEG 13KT 3813 10461 MW
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 2:34 PM MDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 234 PM MDT THU APR 23 2015 COZ093-232100- LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO- 234 PM MDT THU APR 23 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM MDT... AT 234 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TIMPAS...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TIMPAS. LAT...LON 3768 10392 3784 10402 3802 10369 3778 10353 TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 242DEG 21KT 3780 10389 MW
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 3:34 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 334 PM MDT THU APR 23 2015 COZ081-082-085-232200- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 334 PM MDT THU APR 23 2015 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 331 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SHOWER NEAR GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...OR 14 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN 0.05 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. IT IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...PIKES PEAK...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA AND DIVIDE. LAT...LON 3889 10521 3902 10505 3887 10476 3867 10500 TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 313DEG 12KT 3891 10507 MW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 2:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 5:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 32 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.