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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 8, 2015Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2015, 12:55 AM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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
May 8, 2015, 12:55 AM MDT (06:55 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2015, 1:30 AM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 May 7, 11:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 11:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 9:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 9:10 PM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
910 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

COZ088-094-080415-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CO-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO-
910 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL
1015 PM MDT...

AT 910 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MODEL...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRINIDAD...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MODEL.

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 3724 10421 3740 10429 3755 10399 3730 10386
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 252DEG 17KT 3735 10416

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Special weather statement, May 7, 10:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 8, 12:27 AM MDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 8, 12:32 AM MDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 8, 12:55 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano56 min
May 7, 6:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo62 min
May 7, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa62 min
May 7, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa65 min
May 7, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano24 min
May 7, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano44 min
May 7, 8:15 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas18 min
May 7, 9:08 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, El Paso, Lake, Saguache, Teller32 hr
May 7, 9:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas65 min
May 7, 9:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero29 min
May 7, 10:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers66 min
May 8, 12:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent33 min
May 8, 12:32 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa28 min
May 8, 1:05 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers25 min
May 8, 6:16 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller29 min
May 8, 6:49 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller26 min
May 8, 7:37 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
May 8, 8:55 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso35 min
May 8, 9:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
May 8, 10:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso33 min
May 8, 12:50 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBEl Paso18 hr
May 8, 12:50 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Otero6 days
May 8, 1:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo35 min
May 8, 1:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo36 min
May 8, 1:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo32 min
May 8, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas23 min
May 8, 2:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso27 min
May 8, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo34 min
May 8, 2:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo28 min
May 8, 2:43 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBPueblo32 min
May 8, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas24 min
May 8, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo31 min
May 8, 3:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont26 min
May 8, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo33 min
May 8, 3:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo32 min
May 8, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo35 min
May 8, 3:42 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo33 min
May 8, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
May 8, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso49 min
May 8, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo34 min
May 8, 4:12 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero, Pueblo33 min
May 8, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo61 min
May 8, 4:39 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBOtero, Pueblo36 min
May 8, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero25 min
May 8, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller46 min
May 8, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero47 min
May 8, 5:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso27 min
May 8, 5:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller67 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.