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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 10, 2016Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2016, 6:12 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 10, 2016, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2016, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Crowley County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2016-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

569 
WWUS85 KPUB 110012
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
612 PM MDT TUE MAY 10 2016
 
COZ085-086-089-110045-
CROWLEY COUNTY CO-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
612 PM MDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND WEST CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
MDT...

AT 612 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BOONE...OR 19 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOONE AND PUEBLO DEPOT. 

LAT...LON 3820 10423 3832 10438 3853 10409 3833 10389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 221DEG 13KT 3829 10425 

$$

SR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso25 min
May 10, 6:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley43 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.