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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 1, 2015Chaffee County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2015, 1:20 PM MDT for Chaffee County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 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: Jul 1, 2015, 1:20 PM MDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2015, 2:00 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Chaffee County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-p

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: 2850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 18 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 Jul 1, 11:36 AM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 11:36 AM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 11:07 AM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1107 AM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

COZ058>089-093>099-021300-
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-
1107 AM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE HIGHER TODAY...WITH SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN SPREADING ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS FROM LATE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL BE
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE TODAY...AND
STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE A QUICK INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30
MINUTES...LEADING TO STREET FLOODING ACROSS URBAN AREAS AND A RISK
OF FLOODING ACROSS AREA BURN SCARS. ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND ACROSS THE EASTERN
PLAINS...WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WINDS GUSTS
TO 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEGINNING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND
SPREADING OVER THE PLAINS. ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS OVER THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND EASTERN
PLAINS COULD TURN SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO
GOLF BALL SIZE.

FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...STORMS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS NUMEROUS
BUT THERE WILL STILL BE THE THREAT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLOODING WILL
BE ELEVATED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AS THE MONSOON RETURNS TO
SOUTHEAST COLORADO. FLOOD PRONE AREAS...INCLUDING URBAN AREAS AND
THE BURN SCARS...SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY
RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

27/77

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:20 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
120 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

COZ060>063-065-069-072-073-076-077-012000-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT CO-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT CO-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT CO-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY  ABOVE 8500FT CO-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO-
120 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE...NORTH
CENTRAL SAGUACHE AND WEST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM
MDT...

AT 118 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE RANGE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALIDA...PONCHA SPRINGS...MONARCH PASS...ALPINE...PONCHA PASS...VILLA
GROVE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE AND MAYSVILLE.

THIS STORM 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 3874 10628 3848 10573 3823 10595 3842 10625
      3844 10625 3846 10629 3849 10631 3850 10634
      3852 10634 3853 10635 3857 10635 3862 10637
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 304DEG 26KT 3858 10629

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 6:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	52 min
Jun 30, 6:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	43 min
Jul 1, 1:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	50 min
Jul 1, 2:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	35 min
Jul 1, 2:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	47 min
Jul 1, 3:02 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Mineral, Rio Grande	118 min
Jul 1, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	48 min
Jul 1, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	46 min
Jul 1, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	45 min
Jul 1, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	46 min
Jul 1, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	84 min
Jul 1, 4:27 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 1, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	60 min
Jul 1, 5:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	54 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	61 min
Jul 1, 5:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2015 Every 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.