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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 91 min |
| Aug 3, 7:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 95 min |
| Aug 3, 7:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 92 min |
| Aug 3, 7:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 92 min |
| Aug 3, 7:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 8:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 9:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 10:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Otero | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 11:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 57 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.