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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 24, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 2016-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 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, Jun 24, 11:10 AM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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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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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 6:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero27 min
Jun 23, 7:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent39 min
Jun 23, 8:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Prowers53 min
Jun 23, 9:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers40 min
Jun 24, 3:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert52 min
Jun 24, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo51 min
Jun 24, 5:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero51 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.