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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 9, 2015Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 9, 2015, 6:37 AM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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 9, 2015, 6:37 AM MDT (12:37 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2015, 7:00 AM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2015-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

882 
WWUS85 KPUB 091237
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
637 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
 
COZ095>098-091300-
WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
637 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN
PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM MDT...

AT 636 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MCCLAVE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMAR...EADS...WILEY...MCCLAVE...NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...NEEGRONDA
RESERVOIR...CHIVINGTON...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR...
JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND CADDOA.

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 3788 10269 3795 10299 3850 10286 3841 10234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 202DEG 50KT 3801 10281 

$$

MW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo42 min
May 8, 6:09 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBOtero36 min
May 8, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero54 min
May 8, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero23 min
May 8, 6:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBBent, Otero2 hr
May 8, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont44 min
May 8, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo28 min
May 8, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller54 min
May 8, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero29 min
May 8, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero58 min
May 8, 7:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBOtero4 hr
May 8, 7:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller28 min
May 8, 7:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero54 min
May 8, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller30 min
May 8, 8:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBFremont3 hr
May 8, 9:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano58 min
May 8, 9:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller35 min
May 8, 10:16 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningPUBOtero6 hr
May 8, 10:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso, Pueblo118 min
May 8, 11:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller76 min
May 9, 12:51 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso, Teller114 min
May 9, 3:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo37 min
May 9, 3:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
May 9, 3:57 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
May 9, 4:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo34 min
May 9, 4:43 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
May 9, 4:46 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBPueblo45 hr
May 9, 4:59 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo3 hr
May 9, 5:22 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUBChaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Lake, Saguache, Teller25 hr
May 9, 5:22 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more25 hr
May 9, 5:28 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBEl Paso15 hr
May 9, 5:51 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
May 9, 6:08 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso, Pueblo3 hr
May 9, 6:16 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBEl Paso12 hr
May 9, 6:21 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso24 min
May 9, 8:11 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBEl Paso17 hr
May 9, 9:16 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller29 min
May 9, 11:44 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley31 min
May 9, 12:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley31 min
May 9, 12:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley25 min
May 9, 12:30 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBCrowley14 min
May 9, 12:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso2 hr
May 9, 12:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Teller38 min
May 9, 1:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley26 min
May 9, 1:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso119 min
May 9, 1:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo30 min
May 9, 1:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo28 min
May 9, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo37 min
May 9, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo50 min
May 9, 1:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo3 hr
May 9, 2:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo35 min
May 9, 2:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo53 min
May 9, 2:26 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBPueblo34 min
May 9, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
May 9, 2:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
May 9, 2:52 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo23 min
May 9, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo49 min
May 9, 3:07 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo38 min
May 9, 3:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa25 min
May 9, 3:23 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBPueblo34 hr
May 9, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo46 min
May 9, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero43 min
May 9, 3:37 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso38 min
May 9, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero41 min
May 9, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
May 9, 4:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBPueblo3 hr
May 9, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa41 min
May 9, 4:20 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
May 9, 4:24 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa36 min
May 9, 5:59 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBEl Paso14 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.