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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
- 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
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 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 8:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 3:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 3:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 15 min |
| Jun 12, 5:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 40 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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.