Alert archive / Colorado / Special Weather Statements in 2015
Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2015, 4:21 PM MDT for Custer County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 84 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, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2015, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Custer County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
497 WWUS85 KPUB 012221 SPSPUB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 421 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015 COZ072-078>080-083-086-087-012345- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT CO-WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY CO- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT CO- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO- 421 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HUERFANO...CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT... AT 416 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF RED WING...OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALAMOSA. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 6 MILES TO THE NORTH OF ROSITA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SALT CREEK...GREENHORN MOUNTAIN...BLENDE... GARDNER...AVONDALE...SILVER CLIFF...RYE...COLORADO CITY...SAN ISABEL...ROSITA...WETMORE...PUEBLO AND BEULAH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS 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 3776 10541 3825 10544 3824 10429 3783 10426 TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 262DEG 29KT 3786 10533 $$
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, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 40 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, 4:27 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
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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.