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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2015, 2:08 PM MDT for Saguache 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
- Jun 1, 2015, 2:08 PM MDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2015, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 334 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
- 2694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 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 Jun 1, 11:23 AM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 11:23 AM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 11:28 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1128 AM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-021730- 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- 1128 AM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AT MIDDAY...WITH STORMS SPREADING TO ALL AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH STORMS TODAY WILL BE LIGHTNING...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS...EAST OF INTERSTATE 25...ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRODUCING HAIL AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SHOULD A STRONGER STORM IMPACT BURN SCARS OR LOCATIONS WITH SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF STORMS DEVELOP...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS...WITH HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. ON WEDNESDAY... AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...THE PIKES PEAK REGION...AND MAINLY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. A COUPLE STORMS OVER THE PLAINS AND THE PIKES PEAK REGION COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH HAIL AROUND QUARTER SIZE AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. THURSDAY THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. MOISTURE THEN INCREASES FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE PRIMARY THUNDERSTORM THREATS EACH DAY WILL BE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 10/10
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:38 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 138 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 COZ084-012000- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT CO- 138 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 134 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ELBERT AND EL PASO COUNTY LINE...OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING MAINLY EAST...BUT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DROP SOUTH INTO EL PASO COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY TRACK ACROSS THE COUNTY LINE AND MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AFTER 1:45 PM. HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM COULD INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING MAINLY LARGE HAIL. LAT...LON 3905 10448 3913 10466 3913 10442 TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 288DEG 4KT 3914 10462 HODANISH
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:50 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 150 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 COZ081-084-085-012030- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 150 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM MDT... AT 145 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY THAT WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY INITIATE NEW STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AS IT MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...PALMER LAKE AND GLENEAGLE. LAT...LON 3887 10485 3900 10513 3913 10508 3911 10474 TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 292DEG 18KT 3905 10495 HODANISH
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:08 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 208 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 COZ065-066-069-012100- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT CO- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT CO- 208 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM MDT... AT 208 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PASS...OR 39 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUNNISON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAGUACHE. LAT...LON 3807 10656 3823 10647 3816 10603 3785 10602 TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 295DEG 10KT 3812 10643 HODANISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 52 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.