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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2015, 2:28 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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 17, 2015, 2:28 PM MDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2015, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 303 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 17, 12:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 12:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 11:57 AM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1157 AM MDT WED JUN 17 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-181800- 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- 1157 AM MDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA TODAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRIMARY STORM THREATS WILL INCLUDE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. 1 OR 2 STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL. CAUTION SHOULD CONTINUE AROUND AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TODAY. STREAMFLOWS REMAIN HIGH AND FAST FROM RAIN AND SNOWMELT. CURRENTS ARE STRONG AND RIVERBANKS UNSTABLE. KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A PATTERN SHIFT TO WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE NEXT WEEK. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE MUCH MORE SPARSE...AND CONFINED MAINLY TO THE MOUNTAIN AREAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRIMARY STORM THREATS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL INCLUDE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. 44/44
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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:46 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:28 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 228 PM MDT WED JUN 17 2015 COZ074-087-088-172115- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO- 228 PM MDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT... AT 227 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPANISH PEAKS...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR AND WILL BRING SOME BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AGUILAR AND GULNARE AND PORTIONS OF THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR. LAT...LON 3747 10496 3757 10477 3740 10456 3723 10469 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 324DEG 15KT 3746 10482 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 89 min |
| Jun 16, 8:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 84 min |
| Jun 16, 9:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 85 min |
| Jun 16, 11:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 95 min |
| Jun 16, 11:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 87 min |
| Jun 17, 7:26 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 19 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Rio Grande | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 48 min | |
| Jun 17, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 47 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.