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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 6, 2016Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2016, 1:19 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 6, 2016, 1:19 PM MDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2016-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 6, 11:51 AM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 11:51 AM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 11:09 AM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1109 AM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

COZ058>089-093>099-071715-
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-
1109 AM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...AND MOVE OFF INTO THE VALLEYS AND PLAINS DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL TO AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF IN
DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS OF OVER 60 MPH...LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA BURN SCARS
TODAY SHOULD THEY TAKE A DIRECT HIT FROM ONE OF THESE ISOLATED
STRONGER STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST
THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

MEANWHILE...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
ACCELERATE SNOW MELT OVER THE MOUNTAINS LEADING TO CONTINUED RISES
ON AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS.  FAST FLOWS AND HIGH WATER LEVELS CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED EACH DAY OVER
SOUTHERN COLORADO. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS AROUND
60 MPH...HAIL AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

10/77

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller50 min
Jun 5, 8:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster, Fremont42 min
Jun 5, 8:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller34 min
Jun 5, 8:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBChaffee40 min
Jun 5, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBChaffee, Saguache45 min
Jun 6, 11:45 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBFremont24 hr
Jun 6, 2:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa39 min
Jun 6, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers30 min
Jun 6, 2:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster52 min
Jun 6, 3:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 min
Jun 6, 3:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo43 min
Jun 6, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso45 min
Jun 6, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano41 min
Jun 6, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa48 min
Jun 6, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano44 min
Jun 6, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano43 min
Jun 6, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas40 min
Jun 6, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano28 min
Jun 6, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano43 min
Jun 6, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 min
Jun 6, 5:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano115 min

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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.