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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2015, 3:13 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 3, 2015, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2015, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
944
WWUS85 KPUB 032113
SPSPUB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
313 PM MDT MON AUG 3 2015
COZ099-032200-
SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO-
313 PM MDT MON AUG 3 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL
400 PM MDT...
AT 312 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 23
MILES WEST OF CAMPO...OR 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN...DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN BACA
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3714 10308 3733 10277 3719 10264 3700 10256
3700 10292 3699 10293 3699 10295 3700 10307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 236DEG 18KT 3703 10299
$$
MWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 1:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent | 119 min |
| Aug 3, 1:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 1:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 1:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 2:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent | 111 min |
| Aug 3, 2:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 3:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 5:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 114 min |
| Aug 3, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 5:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano | 110 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.