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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2016, 2:21 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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
- May 7, 2016, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
731 WWUS85 KPUB 072021 SPSPUB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 221 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016 COZ095-096-072045- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO- 221 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM MDT... AT 220 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF EADS...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 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 NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. LAT...LON 3853 10262 3855 10283 3862 10284 3861 10261 TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 179DEG 26KT 3861 10274 $$ 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| May 7, 12:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| May 7, 1:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 25 min |
| May 7, 2:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 50 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.