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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2015, 12:10 AM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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 19, 2015, 12:10 AM MDT (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 18, 11:19 PM MDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 11:19 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1104 AM MDT SAT JUL 18 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-191715- 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- 1104 AM MDT SAT JUL 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY...AND THE EASTERN PLAINS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LA JUNTA TO KIM. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM. ALL STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SPREADING OVER THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HEAVY RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN BEING POSSIBLE. ON WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH JUST SOME SPOTTY THUNDERSTORMS BEING POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORMS THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...BUT SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A FEW STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM COLORADO SPRING TO LA JUNTA TO KIM. HODANISH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 18, 6:55 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 10:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 2:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 57 min |
| Jul 19, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 53 min | |
| Jul 19, 3:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 56 min |
| Jul 19, 3:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 51 min | |
| Jul 19, 4:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 32 min |
Nearby
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.