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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 2015Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2015, 3:42 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 14, 2015, 3:42 PM MDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2015, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-440 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 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 14, 3:19 PM MDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:19 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 11:37 AM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1137 AM MDT TUE JUL 14 2015

COZ058>089-093>099-151745-
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-
1137 AM MDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...SPREADING EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS BY MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON. STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE EAST OF A LINE
FROM LA JUNTA TO KIM LATER TODAY...WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
PING PONG BALLS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. .

ALL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ALTHOUGH THE STRONGER
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SPOTTIER IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS...LOCATIONS SUCH AS BURN SCARS...URBAN AREAS...AND THOSE
WITH SATURATED OR LOOSE SOIL CONDITIONS MAY BE PRONE TO FLASH
FLOODING SHOULD A STRONGER STORM IMPACT THESE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE PRIMARY
THREATS WITH STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING.
IN ADDITION...ONE OR TWO STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH HAIL TO AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AS WELL AS
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY ALSO BE
NOTED...ESPECIALLY IF A STRONGER STORM MOVES ACROSS BURN SCARS OR
URBAN AREAS.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN LOCATIONS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS THEN EXPECTED
TO INCREASE FROM SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS DEEPER ATMOSPHERIC
MOISTURE MOVES INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO. AT THIS TIME...THE PRIMARY
METEOROLOGICAL THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...GUSTY
WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

10/88

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
202 PM MDT TUE JUL 14 2015

COZ099-142045-
SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO-
202 PM MDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM MDT...

AT 202 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3735 10265 3744 10285 3763 10277 3754 10244
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 210DEG 6KT 3746 10271

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:42 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
Jul 13, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers24 min
Jul 13, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers40 min
Jul 13, 7:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca38 min
Jul 13, 8:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers42 min
Jul 13, 8:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca39 min
Jul 13, 8:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers49 min
Jul 13, 9:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers48 min
Jul 14, 2:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca43 min
Jul 14, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas49 min
Jul 14, 2:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBFremont119 min
Jul 14, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca21 min
Jul 14, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent26 min
Jul 14, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers33 min
Jul 14, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero25 min
Jul 14, 4:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca37 min
Jul 14, 4:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa35 min
Jul 14, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca33 min
Jul 14, 5:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca28 min
Jul 14, 5:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent32 min
Jul 14, 5:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent31 min
Jul 14, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca31 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.