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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 23, 2016Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2016, 3:36 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 23, 2016, 3:36 PM MDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 240 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 2016-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-588 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

070 
WWUS85 KPUB 232136
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
336 PM MDT THU JUN 23 2016
 
COZ086>088-232200-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO-
PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
336 PM MDT THU JUN 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO...
NORTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTIES UNTIL 400
PM MDT...

AT 335 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES SOUTH OF AVONDALE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
PUEBLO...NORTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3780 10463 3813 10468 3813 10410 3775 10408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 277DEG 49KT 3803 10441 

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas88 min
Jun 22, 7:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas86 min
Jun 22, 9:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca83 min
Jun 22, 11:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca93 min
Jun 23, 1:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
Jun 23, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano41 min
Jun 23, 1:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso36 min
Jun 23, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso46 min
Jun 23, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso44 min
Jun 23, 2:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa43 min
Jun 23, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBAlamosa, Rio Grande, Saguache39 min
Jun 23, 2:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo49 min
Jun 23, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso42 min
Jun 23, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo32 min
Jun 23, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla24 min
Jun 23, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo57 min
Jun 23, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo57 min
Jun 23, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Otero54 min

Nearby

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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.