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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 8, 2016Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2016, 2:48 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2016, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2016, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 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 8, 11:27 AM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 11:27 AM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 11:54 AM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1154 AM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

COZ058>089-093>099-091800-
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-
1154 AM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON THEN SPREAD TO LOWER ELEVATIONS FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON AREA BURN SCARS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING SHOULD THEY TAKE A DIRECT HIT FROM ONE OF THE ISOLATED
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...MAINLY
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL BE
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. HOWEVER...SOME
OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

10/28

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
138 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

COZ084-085-082030-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
138 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL
230 PM MDT...

AT 138 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PEYTON...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELLICOTT...PEYTON AND YODER.

LAT...LON 3883 10460 3907 10446 3897 10411 3872 10424
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 297DEG 12KT 3896 10443

EP

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:36 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
236 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

COZ081-084-085-082115-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
236 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT...

AT 235 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR CRYSTOLA...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...
MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...CHIPITA PARK AND CASCADE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3901 10505 3905 10489 3892 10481 3884 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 337DEG 7KT 3898 10497

EP

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:48 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
248 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

COZ086-082130-
PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
248 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL
330 PM MDT...

AT 248 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PINON...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PINON AND PUEBLO WEST.

LAT...LON 3838 10478 3851 10474 3850 10444 3832 10450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 289DEG 10KT 3843 10466

EP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	47 min
Jun 7, 6:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	42 min
Jun 7, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	32 min
Jun 7, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	44 min
Jun 7, 6:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	23 min
Jun 7, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	26 min
Jun 7, 7:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	45 min
Jun 7, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	35 min
Jun 7, 8:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	51 min
Jun 8, 1:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	52 min
Jun 8, 1:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jun 8, 2:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	39 min
Jun 8, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	49 min
Jun 8, 4:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	40 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.