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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 26, 2015

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2015, 2:20 PM MDT. It was in force for 55 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 26, 2015, 2:20 PM MDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2015, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 273 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2015-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2015-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 26, 11:26 AM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 11:26 AM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 11:12 AM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1112 AM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

COZ058>089-093>099-271715-
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-
1112 AM MDT SUN JUL 26 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 ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY OVER MUCH OF
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. ALL STORMS TODAY WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS EAST OF
INTERSTATE 25 THIS AFTERNOON COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH
WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ALONG WITH HAIL AROUND ONE INCH DIAMETER.
STORMS ARE PROJECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY
LATER TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEARLY EVERY
DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 11:54 AM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:26 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
126 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

COZ093-262100-
LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO-
126 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM
MDT...

AT 125 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF DELHI...OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...SWINK...CHERAW AND TIMPAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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.

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 3765 10376 3766 10405 3810 10370 3812 10341
      3790 10341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 219DEG 12KT 3768 10390
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:20 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
220 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

COZ094-262115-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CO-
220 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM MDT...

AT 220 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF KIM...OR 43 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL LAS
ANIMAS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3726 10359 3735 10365 3764 10348 3764 10309
      3734 10309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 229DEG 18KT 3735 10354

LW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca39 min
Jul 26, 11:54 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso81 min
Jul 26, 12:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso64 min
Jul 26, 12:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 26, 12:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 26, 1:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso90 min
Jul 26, 1:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero94 min
Jul 26, 2:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas58 min
Jul 26, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas60 min
Jul 26, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB58 min
Jul 26, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB55 min
Jul 26, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas24 min
Jul 26, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers19 min
Jul 26, 5:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent54 min
Jul 26, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa40 min
Jul 26, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa28 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.