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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 23, 2015El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2015, 10:51 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 84 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 23, 2015, 10:51 PM MDT (04:51 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2015, 12:15 AM MDT
In force: 84 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -22 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 23, 3:33 PM MDT, 7 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 3:33 PM MDT, 7 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
333 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 239 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF
CO...AND IT WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD ACRS THE PLAINS INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. THE FAR SERN PLAINS WL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A
TORNADO OR TWO. THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL HAVE ISOLD TO
SCT TSTMS WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
GENERALLY SMALL HAIL.

AN UPR LOW WL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL CO TONIGHT...BRINGING
ADDITIONAL PCPN TO THE CONTDVD. WHILE MOST OF THE REST OF THE
AREA WL SEE CONDITIONS DRY OUT...LOCATIONS NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER
MAY SEE PCPN LINGER INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. THAT UPR LOW IS
EXPECTED TO ELONGATE ON SUN....STRETCHING FROM SERN WY INTO
SOUTHERN CO. PCPN WL ALREADY BE GOING ALONG THE CONTDVD IN THE
MORNING...BUT WL SPREAD EASTWARD THRU THE DAY. HEAVY RAIN WL STILL
BE A THREAT ACRS THE AREA...WITH THE EASTERN PLAINS AND MTNS BEING
MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS DUE TO SATURATED SOILS. THE
HIGH MTN AREAS WL STILL SEE SOME SNOW WITH GENERALLY LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 239 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

SUN NIGHT THE UPR LOW WEAKENS AND BECOMES AN OPEN WAVE. AN UPR
TROF REMAINS OVR CO INTO MON MORNING AND SLOWLY MOVES EAST OF THE
STATE DURING THE DAY. UNSETTLED AND MOIST CONDITIONS WL CONTINUE
OVR THE AREA AND THERE WL BE ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD PCPN OVR
THE MTNS AND HIGH VALLEYS...WITH ISOLD TO SCT ACTIVITY OVR THE
SERN PLAINS. HIGH TEMPS OVR THE AREA ON MON WL STILL BE A LITTLE
BELOW NORMAL.

TUE LOOKS A LITTLE DRIER AS A SHORTWAVE RIDGE MOVES OVR THE
AREA. HOWEVER...THERE WL STILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE OVR THE AREA
ALONG WITH AFTERNOON INSTABILITY TO BRING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND NR THE MTNS. WED AN UPR TROF IS FORECAST TO
LIE FROM ID TO OVR NV TO BAJA CA. MSTR AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WL
BRING PCPN TO THE MTNS AND HIGH VALLEYS ON WED. A SFC LOW OVR THE
OK PANHNDL ON WED WL BRING SOME UPSLOPE FLOW TO THE ERN PLAINS AND
ISOLD TO SCT PCPN. THE UPR TROF MOVES OVR THE GREAT BASIN ON THU
AND IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THERE WL BE A TAP OF SUB TROPICAL MSTR
COMING NORTHWARD INTO CO...LEADING TO MORE SHOWERS AND TSTMS. THE
UPR TROF MOVES ACRS CO THU NIGHT AND FRI...WITH A FRONT DROPPING
INTO ERN CO ON FRI. FRI NOW LOOKS LIKE A DAY WITH WIDESPREAD PCPN
OVR THE ERN PLAINS AND MTNS. AS THAT UPR TROF MOVES OUT OF THE
AREA FOR SAT...THE ERN PLAINS SHOULD BE DRIER...BUT THERE WL
STILL BE SOME PCPN OVR THE MTNS AND HIGH VALLEYS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 239 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

ISOLD SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAY BE IN THE VCNTY OF THE TAF SITES THIS
EVENING WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS BEING A THREAT...THERE COULD
ALSO BE BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. SUNDAY AFTERNOON THERE WILL AGAIN BE THE CHANCE FOR SOME
SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE VCNTY OF THE TAF SITES.

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...28
LONG TERM...28
AVIATION...28

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 8:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 8:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 8:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
832 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

COZ089-093>098-240400-
CROWLEY COUNTY CO-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-
LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CO-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-
LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
832 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CROWLEY...KIOWA...
NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS...OTERO...PROWERS AND BENT COUNTIES UNTIL
1000 PM MDT...

AT 827 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A DEVELOPING STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER CHERAW...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA.  ADDITIONAL
STRONG STORMS WERE 7 MILES TO THE EAST OF SUGAR CITY AND NEAR LA
JUNTA.  THESE STRONG STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...LAS
ANIMAS...ORDWAY...HOLLY...SWINK...EADS...GRANADA...WILEY...SUGAR
CITY...CHERAW...SHERIDAN LAKE...HARTMAN...HASWELL...MCLAVE...
NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...TOWNER AND BRISTOL.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3764 10380 3852 10377 3853 10317 3861 10317
      3861 10205 3765 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 241DEG 31KT 3811 10351

Local storm report, May 23, 9:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 9:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 10:36 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 10:51 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 23, 6:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	92 min
May 23, 7:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	38 min
May 23, 8:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers	88 min
May 23, 9:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers	3 hr
May 23, 9:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller	47 min
May 23, 10:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	84 min
May 24, 12:37 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
May 24, 1:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	114 min
May 24, 1:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	44 min
May 24, 1:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	31 min
May 24, 2:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	49 min
May 24, 2:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	34 min
May 24, 2:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	45 min
May 24, 3:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	33 min
May 24, 3:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	24 min
May 24, 3:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Bent, Prowers	3 hr
May 24, 3:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	40 min
May 24, 4:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	50 min
May 24, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	49 min
May 24, 4:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	64 min
May 24, 4:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Prowers	3 hr
May 24, 5:07 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	38 min
May 24, 5:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	49 min
May 24, 5:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	48 min
May 24, 5:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	18 min
May 24, 5:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	36 min
May 24, 5:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	25 min

Nearby

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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.