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Fire Weather Watch 10, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 24, 20164 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this fire weather watch at Apr 24, 2016, 4:07 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 25, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2016, 4:07 AM MDT (10:07 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 25, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 24, 2016, 2:47 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 254 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 2016-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2016-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Apr 23, 10:34 PM MDT, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 10:34 PM MDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 11:02 AM MDT, 17 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1102 AM MDT SAT APR 23 2016

COZ058>089-093>099-241715-
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 9000FT-
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 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY  ABOVE 8500FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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 VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET-
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-
1102 AM MDT SAT APR 23 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
THIS MORNING AND LAST INTO EARLY EVENING OVER CROWLEY...BENT...OTERO...
LAS ANIMAS AND PUEBLO COUNTIES...AS GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES DEVELOP OVER THESE LOCATIONS.

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE ROTATING INTO COLORADO LATER TODAY WILL BE
CAPABLE OF GENERATING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SOME
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGH
MOUNTAIN PEAKS TONIGHT.

ALSO...ONE OR TWO STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND
GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND MAY SPREAD TO PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHEAST PLAINS MONDAY EVENING. TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THERE MAY BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE I-25
CORRIDOR AND WESTWARD. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY BE ON FRIDAY...IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS BEING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA. THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...HOWEVER SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR SNOW OVER THE
HIGHER MOUNTAIN AREAS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS...AND THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR EASTERN
PORTIONS OF COLORADO.

HODANISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 8:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers62 min
Apr 23, 8:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers55 min
Apr 24, 2:47 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo29 hr

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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.