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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2015, 6:39 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 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 8, 2015, 6:39 PM MDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2015, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 340 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
- 617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 Jul 8, 3:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 11:14 AM MDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1114 AM MDT WED JUL 8 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-091715- 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- 1114 AM MDT WED JUL 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY WILL BE ACROSS EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES WHERE EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE GREATEST THREAT TO BURN SCARS AND URBAN AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO NEAR 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...LOCAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR ONE OR TWO STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAIL TO AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THURSDAY WILL BE ANOTHER DAY OF GOOD AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE FOR MOST AREAS. THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ON FRIDAY...THE AIR MASS OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL START TO DRY OUT. HOWEVER...ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL PERSIST FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. PRIMARY STORM THREATS WILL INCLUDE LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...LOCAL FLOODING...1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE LOOKS DRIER WITH MOST CONVECTION ISOLATED AND GENERALLY CONFINED TO AREAS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. PRIMARY STORM THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS COULD PRODUCE SPOTTY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCAL FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. 31/23
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 437 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015 COZ071-074-082330- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY CO- 437 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CONEJOS AND SOUTHWESTERN COSTILLA COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT... AT 437 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANASSA...OR 27 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMOSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JAROSO AND GARCIA. LAT...LON 3700 10592 3703 10597 3719 10582 3700 10542 TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 303DEG 26KT 3706 10584 EP
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:51 PM MDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
551 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015
COZ099-090030-
SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO-
551 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM
MDT...
AT 551 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTH OF VILAS...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALSH...VILAS AND STONINGTON.
LAT...LON 3707 10217 3728 10255 3762 10223 3761 10222
3745 10204 3723 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 233DEG 21KT 3726 10241
EPSpecial weather statement, Jul 8, 6:39 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 639 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015 COZ088-090130- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO- 639 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT... AT 639 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF TYRONE...OR 25 MILES NORTH OF TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MODEL AND TYRONE. LAT...LON 3753 10452 3768 10421 3731 10406 3717 10428 TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 325DEG 19KT 3753 10438 EP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 9:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 13 min |
| Jul 9, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 3:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 5:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 13 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.