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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2015, 9:23 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 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 31, 2015, 9:23 PM MDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2015, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 208 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 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 May 31, 5:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 5:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 6:23 PM MDT, 3 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 623 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-020030- 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- 623 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST AND MOST NUMEROUS STORMS OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS...ADJACENT TO KANSAS...INCLUDING KIOWA... PROWERS...BACA...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BENT COUNTIES. THESE AREAS COULD SEE STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH...IN ADDITION TO LIGHTNING. STORMS ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS EVENING WILL BE MUCH MORE ISOLATED...WITH PRIMARY THREATS OF LIGHTNING...WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS BUT ALSO WITH A FEW STORMS OUT ON THE PLAINS. THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. STORMS ACROSS THE PLAINS COULD BE SEVERE...PRODUCING 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND STRENGTH WILL RAMP UP OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PLAINS. PRIMARY THREATS FROM STORMS ON THESE DAYS WILL INCLUDE LIGHTNING...HAIL AN INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR MORE...HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. 50/50
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 4:12 PM MDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 412 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 2015 COZ089-093-095-312245- CROWLEY COUNTY CO-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO- LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO- 412 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CROWLEY...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT... AT 412 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY...OR 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ORDWAY AND SUGAR CITY. LAT...LON 3830 10395 3844 10379 3836 10337 3806 10362 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 273DEG 24KT 3833 10377 SR
Special weather statement, May 31, 9:23 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 923 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 2015 COZ099-010415- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO- 923 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM MDT... AT 923 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STONINGTON...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WALSH AND STONINGTON. LAT...LON 3700 10228 3741 10245 3763 10204 3700 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 359DEG 33KT 3737 10212 SR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| May 31, 10:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 1:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 22 min |
| Jun 1, 1:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 2:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 29 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.