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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2016Saguache County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2016, 2:50 PM MDT for Saguache County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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 12, 2016, 2:50 PM MDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2016, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 336 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 2016-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2016-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-304 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 12, 11:34 AM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 11:34 AM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 11:30 AM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1130 AM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

COZ058>089-093>099-131730-
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-
1130 AM MDT SUN JUN 12 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...WITH STORMS SPREADING OVER INTERIOR VALLEYS AND ACROSS
THE PLAINS FROM MID-AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THE MAIN STORM
THREATS WILL BE BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. ONE OR TWO STORMS ALONG THE PALMER
DIVIDE AND NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH HAIL
TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE UNDER SOME OF THE STRONGER
STORMS.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO
PLAINS TODAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE KANSAS
BORDER.

HIGH WATER LEVELS AND FAST FLOWS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN AREA
RIVERS AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST
PLAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE OF
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE GENERALLY BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. IN
ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

ON TUESDAY...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT AREAS. FOR WEDNESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY...DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH ONLY
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

HODANISH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:50 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
250 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

COZ065-066-069-122115-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT CO-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT CO-
250 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY UNTIL 315
PM MDT...

AT 250 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF LA GARITA...OR 44 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALAMOSA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAGUACHE.

LAT...LON 3792 10640 3802 10645 3821 10618 3798 10602
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 241DEG 17KT 3799 10637

HODANISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent41 min
Jun 11, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca44 min
Jun 12, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca50 min
Jun 12, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca45 min
Jun 12, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca36 min
Jun 12, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller28 min
Jun 12, 3:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca53 min
Jun 12, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca29 min
Jun 12, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca23 min
Jun 12, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso28 min
Jun 12, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 12, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa15 min
Jun 12, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 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.