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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2016, 11:34 AM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 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 26, 2016, 11:34 AM MDT (17:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 12:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 26, 10:48 AM MDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 10:48 AM MDT, 46 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1105 AM MDT THU MAY 26 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-271715- 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- 1105 AM MDT THU MAY 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE PLAINS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 2 PM...NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRINIDAD TO SPRINGFIELD WITH THE HIGHEST RISK ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...STEADY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION. AN INCH OF RAIN...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ON THE WALDO BURN SCAR WILL BE WITH STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUOUS RAINFALL OVERNIGHT COULD LEAD TO STEADY RISES ALONG THE FOUNTAIN CREEK. THOSE LIVING IN AND NEAR THE WALDO BURN SCAR SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL FALL GENERALLY ABOVE 11000 FEET TODAY, DROPPING DOWN TO 9000 FEET TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PIKES PEAK...WITH MODERATE AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER PIKES PEAK...AND THE OTHER MOUNTAIN AREAS ABOVE 10000 FEET COULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...DAILY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. STRONGER STORMS MAY OCCUR LATER IN THE WEEK BUT THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE PLAINS, AND THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET. 31/23
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 11:34 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:56 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 39 hr |
| May 26, 4:20 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 32 hr |
| May 26, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 61 min |
| May 26, 1:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| May 26, 1:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| May 26, 1:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| May 26, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 47 min |
| May 26, 1:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 114 min |
| May 26, 2:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| May 26, 2:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 53 min |
| May 26, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 52 min |
| May 26, 2:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 10 min |
| May 26, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 32 min |
| May 26, 2:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 58 min |
| May 26, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| May 26, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 57 min |
| May 26, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 26, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 59 min |
| May 26, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 56 min |
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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.