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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 13, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2016, 10:02 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 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 13, 2016, 10:02 PM MDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2016, 10:45 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

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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: 151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 13, 5:51 PM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 5:51 PM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 11:28 AM MDT, 10 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1128 AM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

COZ058>089-093>099-141730-
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-
1128 AM MDT MON JUN 13 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 CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS LATE THIS MORNING...WITH STORMS SPREADING OVER INTERIOR
VALLEYS AND ACROSS THE PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. SEVERAL SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
PLAINS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60
MPH THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS. A FEW TORNADOS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADOS AND LARGE HAIL
OVER THE PLAINS EAST OF THE INTERSTATE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE UNDER SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND INTERIOR VALLEYS THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL BE BE
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES AS
WELL AS NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT AREAS. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY...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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:34 PM MDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
434 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0434 PM     HAIL             5 S BLACK FOREST        38.95N 104.71W
06/13/2016  U1.25 INCH       EL PASO            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            .

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NWS PUEBLO CO
IRIS SYSTEM

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:46 PM MDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
446 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

COZ097-098-132330-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO-
446 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PROWERS AND EASTERN BENT
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT...

AT 446 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMAR...GRANADA AND BRISTOL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3781 10260 3803 10278 3825 10236 3798 10215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 244DEG 26KT 3796 10257

PGW

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:16 PM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:21 PM MDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:35 PM MDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:50 PM MDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 6:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 13, 8:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	46 min
Jun 13, 9:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	23 min
Jun 13, 9:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jun 13, 9:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 13, 10:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	44 min
Jun 13, 11:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

Sources

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