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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 8, 2015Huerfano County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2015, 9:47 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 58 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, 9:47 PM MDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2015, 10:45 PM MDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Huerfano County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 279 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 3.3

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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 8, 9:08 PM MDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 9:08 PM MDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 12:09 PM MDT, 9 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1209 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015

COZ058>089-093>099-091815-
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-
1209 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE PLAINS
EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE BEST
CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS OVER EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACACOUNTIES.
THE STORMS OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A COUPLE OF TORNADOES...ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL
IN SIZE AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

STORMS FARTHER NORTH ON THE PLAINS WILL LIKELY BE SLIGHTLY
WEAKER...ALTHOUGH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS OF
60 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED
OUT.

OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND REMAINDER OF THE AREA...SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH
LIGHTNING...HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN THE MAIN THREATS. AT HIGH ELEVATIONS...ABOVE 11000 FEET...SNOW
WILL OCCUR WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE.

ANY HEAVY RAIN THAT FALLS OVER THE BURN SCARS OVER THE REGION WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA ON
SATURDAY...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.
SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE TH POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE
POSSIBILITY OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS ON
SATURDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES PROBABLY EXTENDING FROM EL PASO
COUNTY TO KIOWA AND PROWERS COUNTIES. SEVERE STORM THREATS WILL
INCLUDE HAIL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH...AND A TORNADO THREAT MAY ALSO DEVELOP.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS AND OVER PIKES PEAK. WITH PRECIPITATION
CONTINUING SATURDAY NIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES ALOFT COOLING...SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE AREAS AND SNOW LEVELS WILL
LOWER. SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PIKES
PEAK AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. TELLER COUNTY WILL ALSO SEE SOME
SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH A COUPLE TO SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE.
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY COULD SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION
SATURDAY NIGHT.

SUNDAY NIGHT...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING OVER THE AREA COULD
BRING MORE SNOW TO THE MOUNTAIN AREAS AND SNOW LEVELS OVERNIGHT
COULD LOWER TO AROUND 5500 FEET...BUT THE DISTURBANCE IS FAIRLY
QUICK MOVING AND LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS.

UNSETTLED CONDITIONS EACH DAY WILL MEAN THE CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL
POSSIBLE AFTER 2 PM ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS.

10/88

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 7:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 7:16 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 7:47 PM MDT, 2 hours before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 8:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 9:47 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 6:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	42 min
May 8, 6:09 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Otero	36 min
May 8, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	54 min
May 8, 6:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	23 min
May 8, 6:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Bent, Otero	2 hr
May 8, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	44 min
May 8, 6:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	28 min
May 8, 6:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	54 min
May 8, 7:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	29 min
May 8, 7:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	58 min
May 8, 7:21 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Otero	4 hr
May 8, 7:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	28 min
May 8, 7:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	54 min
May 8, 8:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	30 min
May 8, 8:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Fremont	3 hr
May 8, 9:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
May 8, 10:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	Otero	6 hr
May 8, 10:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	118 min
May 8, 11:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	76 min
May 9, 12:51 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Teller	114 min
May 9, 3:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
May 9, 3:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
May 9, 3:57 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
May 9, 4:11 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
May 9, 4:43 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
May 9, 4:46 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	45 hr
May 9, 4:59 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	3 hr
May 9, 5:22 AM MDT	Winter Storm Warning	PUB	Chaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Lake, Saguache, Teller	25 hr
May 9, 5:22 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more	25 hr
May 9, 5:28 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	El Paso	15 hr
May 9, 5:51 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
May 9, 6:08 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	3 hr
May 9, 6:16 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	12 hr
May 9, 6:21 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	24 min
May 9, 6:37 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	23 min
May 9, 8:11 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	17 hr
May 9, 9:16 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	29 min
May 9, 11:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	31 min
May 9, 12:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	31 min
May 9, 12:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	25 min
May 9, 12:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Crowley	14 min
May 9, 12:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
May 9, 12:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont, Teller	38 min
May 9, 1:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	26 min
May 9, 1:16 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	119 min
May 9, 1:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	30 min
May 9, 1:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	28 min
May 9, 1:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
May 9, 1:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	50 min
May 9, 1:57 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	3 hr
May 9, 2:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont, Pueblo	35 min
May 9, 2:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	53 min
May 9, 2:26 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
May 9, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	32 min
May 9, 2:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
May 9, 2:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	23 min
May 9, 2:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	49 min
May 9, 3:07 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	38 min
May 9, 3:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	25 min
May 9, 3:23 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	34 hr
May 9, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	46 min
May 9, 3:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	43 min
May 9, 3:37 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	38 min
May 9, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	41 min
May 9, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	29 min
May 9, 4:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Pueblo	3 hr
May 9, 4:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	41 min
May 9, 4:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
May 9, 4:24 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa	36 min
May 9, 5:59 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	14 hr

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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.