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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 7, 2016Kiowa County, Colorado

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 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
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

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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 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 12:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso38 min
May 7, 12:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
May 7, 1:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller25 min
May 7, 2:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller50 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.