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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 4, 2015Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2015, 12:13 AM MDT for Prowers 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 4, 2015, 12:13 AM MDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2015, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 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 233 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 00:00Z on 2015-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-56 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.

700 
WWUS85 KPUB 040613
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1213 AM MDT TUE AUG 4 2015
 
COZ097-098-040700-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
1213 AM MDT TUE AUG 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PROWERS AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM MDT...

AT 1213 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES SOUTH OF MCCLAVE...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMAR...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND BRISTOL. 

LAT...LON 3765 10297 3804 10298 3814 10220 3765 10217
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 261DEG 35KT 3791 10284 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont91 min
Aug 3, 7:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas95 min
Aug 3, 7:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas92 min
Aug 3, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso, Teller92 min
Aug 3, 7:48 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller3 hr
Aug 3, 8:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont44 min
Aug 3, 8:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo46 min
Aug 3, 9:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo49 min
Aug 3, 10:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Otero51 min
Aug 3, 11:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero57 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.