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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| May 10, 6:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 43 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.