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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2015, 10:49 AM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 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 26, 2015, 10:49 AM MDT (16:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2015, 11:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 26, 9:55 AM MDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 9:55 AM MDT, 54 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 6:34 AM MDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 634 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-271245- 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- 634 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL EFFECT THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS STORM IS GOING TO BRING HEAVY WET SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND RATON MESA. OTHER REGIONS OF THE PLAINS WILL ALSO SEE SOME RAIN...BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LESS. ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL START TO OCCUR GENERALLY ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING ABOVE 80000 FEET. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR COULD OCCUR AT TIMES. THE PIKES PEAK REGION WILL ALSO SEE SNOW...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 10 TO 20 INCHES...ON TOP OF PIKES PEAK. HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF FAR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY WILL OCCUR ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE AND PIKES PEAK...WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. WESTERN SECTIONS OF TELLER COUNTY WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW. THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL SEE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. OCCASIONAL RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY. A FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD OCCUR ALONG THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND 1/2 INCH SIZE HAIL COULD OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING COULD OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAIN RANGES WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE REST OF THE HIGH ELEVATION WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY FOR THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. AN ADDITIONAL HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING WITH RUNOFF POSSIBLY PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DISSIPATE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...AND COMING TO AN END MONDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LIGHTNING...OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONGER STEERING WINDS ALOFT WILL HELP PUSH THIS ACTIVITY EAST INTO THE PLAINS. LIGHTNING...STRONG OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. 34/88
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:47 AM MDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 647 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 COZ081-084-085-261315- 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- 647 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WALDO BURN SCAR... AT 644 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH ACROSS WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE WALDO BURN SCAR. ONE OF THESE CELLS PRODUCED 0.20 INCHES OF RAIN AS IT MOVED THROUGH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE BURN SCAR THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...AREAS IN AND AROUND THE WALDO BURN SCAR. LAT...LON 3890 10485 3886 10494 3899 10500 3899 10486 TIME...MOT...LOC 1244Z 163DEG 4KT 3892 10494 HODANISH
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 7:21 AM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 721 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 COZ081-084-085-261345- 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- 721 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WALDO BURN SCAR THROUGH 745 AM MDT... AT 718 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MANITOU SPRINGS...OR NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM...HOWEVER IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES FURTHER THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WALD BURN SCAR THROUGH THE MORNING. RAINFALL REPORTS OF 0.10 TO 0.30 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE BURN SCAR DURING THE LAST 45 MINUTES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AREAS IN AND AROUND THE WALDO BURN SCAR. LAT...LON 3879 10485 3880 10493 3900 10504 3895 10484 TIME...MOT...LOC 1318Z 174DEG 16KT 3885 10491 HODANISH
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 900 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 COZ081-084-085-261600- 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- 900 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM MDT... AT 858 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR NEAR CASCADE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM...HOWEVER IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES FURTHER THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS... CASCADE AND CHIPITA PARK. LAT...LON 3893 10483 3885 10492 3893 10503 3901 10496 TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 133DEG 13KT 3894 10492 KT
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 10:49 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1049 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 COZ081-084-085-261745- 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- 1049 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM MDT... AT 1048 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER BAND OF DEVELOPING SHOWERS OVER MANITOU SPRINGS...OR NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO .20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO BURN SCAR WITH THESE SHOWERS...HOWEVER IF THEY INTENSIFY FURTHER THEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS... CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK AND CRYSTOLA. LAT...LON 3895 10486 3886 10492 3890 10504 3900 10500 TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 112DEG 9KT 3888 10493 KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:22 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:22 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:47 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 7:21 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 11:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 12:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 1:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 2:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 2:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 3:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 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.