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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2016, 2:57 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 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 24, 2016, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2016, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 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 24, 11:23 AM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 11:23 AM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1110 AM MDT FRI JUN 24 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-251715- 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- 1110 AM MDT FRI JUN 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA TODAY. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH CONVECTIVE ENERGY AVAILABLE TODAY FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM MOST STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER, A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL, WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT, AND STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS AND MOUNTAINS WILL CARRY OVER INTO SUNDAY, AS EASTERLY SURFACE WINDS PERSIST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DIURNALLY DRIVEN AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. INITIAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND MOVE INTO THE PLAINS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ANOTHER FRONT LATE WEDNESDAY WILL BRING MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA ON THURSDAY, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER RAINFALL ALONG THE LEE SLOPES OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. 28/28
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 24, 10:12 AM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:57 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 257 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2016 COZ085-086-242145- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- 257 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO AND NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT... AT 256 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF PENROSE...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOUNTAIN...PINON AND PUEBLO WEST. LAT...LON 3836 10492 3853 10492 3866 10459 3840 10451 TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 254DEG 13KT 3847 10488 ETP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 7:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 8:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 9:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 5:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 51 min |
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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.