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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 30, 2015Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2015, 6:08 PM MDT for Teller 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 30, 2015, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2015, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Teller County, CO

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3246 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 Jun 30, 3:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 11:21 AM MDT, 6 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1121 AM MDT TUE JUN 30 2015

COZ058>089-093>099-011730-
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-
1121 AM MDT TUE JUN 30 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS...AND ISOLATED STORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG
THE PALMER DIVIDE DURING THE EVENING. THE PRIMARY THUNDERSTORM
THREATS WILL BE HAZARDOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HOWEVER SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE STORMS...PARTICULARLY OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...I-25
CORRIDOR...AND EASTERN PLAINS. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST ON
THURSDAY. SEVERE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL
ONE INCH OR LARGER IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED OVER THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS
WILL BE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR
THE MOUNTAINS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:41 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
541 PM MDT TUE JUN 30 2015

COZ071-074-010030-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY CO-
541 PM MDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL COSTILLA COUNTY UNTIL 630
PM MDT...

AT 541 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SAN LUIS...OR 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMOSA...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAN LUIS...BLANCA...SAN ACACIO AND CHAMA.

LAT...LON 3738 10527 3714 10533 3720 10569 3746 10560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 105DEG 8KT 3728 10541

KT
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:57 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:08 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 6:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller43 min
Jul 1, 1:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee40 min
Jul 1, 1:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont50 min
Jul 1, 2:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller35 min
Jul 1, 2:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache47 min
Jul 1, 3:02 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBMineral, Rio Grande118 min
Jul 1, 3:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster48 min
Jul 1, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso46 min
Jul 1, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller45 min
Jul 1, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller46 min
Jul 1, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster, Pueblo84 min
Jul 1, 4:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 1, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa60 min
Jul 1, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo54 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa61 min
Jul 1, 5:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo52 min

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Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.