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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 7:26 PM MDT for Fremont County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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 28, 2016, 7:26 PM MDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Fremont County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 28, 2:50 PM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:50 PM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 7:08 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 708 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-300115- 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- 708 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...ONE OR TWO POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PEYTON...TO LA JUNTA TO SPRINGFIELD. THE REMAINDER OF THE PLAINS COULD SEE MORE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...WITH OVERALL THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MOST NUMEROUS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS. THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN STORM THREAT, BUT SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, PRIMARILY OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WITH HAIL AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH BEING THE MAIN THREATS. ALSO, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. FLASHING FLOODING COULD OCCUR IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS ON AREA BURN SCARS AND IN URBAN LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PEYTON TO LA JUNTA TO SPRINGFIELD. HODANISH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:11 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
511 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
COZ076-077-282345-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT CO-
511 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM MDT...
AT 511 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUGH MOUNTAIN...OR 50 MILES WEST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAUGH MOUNTAIN.
LAT...LON 3865 10538 3848 10563 3868 10586 3869 10585
3870 10553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 303DEG 12KT 3871 10575
MWSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 5:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 533 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 COZ076-077-079-083-290000- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT CO- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT CO- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT CO- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY CO- 533 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 533 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TEXAS CREEK...OR 43 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROYAL GORGE AND CANON CITY. LAT...LON 3839 10554 3849 10556 3858 10527 3838 10526 TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 257DEG 15KT 3845 10547
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 546 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 COZ062-063-072-073-076-077-290015- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT CO- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000FT CO- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT CO- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT CO- 546 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE... NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE AND NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT... AT 546 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAUGH MOUNTAIN...OR 54 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOWARD...SWISSVALE AND WAUGH MOUNTAIN. LAT...LON 3867 10569 3838 10568 3842 10600 3868 10586 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 011DEG 21KT 3862 10579 MW
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
600 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
COZ076-077-081-083-290030-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT CO-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY CO-
600 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FREMONT AND
SOUTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 559 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF ROYAL GORGE...OR 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN...NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
FREMONT AND SOUTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3843 10537 3857 10554 3869 10548 3870 10528
3861 10512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 219DEG 9KT 3856 10541
MWSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 7:26 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 726 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 COZ081-083-085-086-290200- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY CO- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- 726 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL FREMONT... SOUTHEASTERN TELLER...SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO AND NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 726 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PENROSE...OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLORENCE...PENROSE AND CANON CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3837 10508 3851 10522 3872 10496 3859 10479 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 227DEG 15KT 3850 10507 MW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 9:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 9:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 116 min |
| Jun 28, 9:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Jun 28, 10:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 10:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 11:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 12:34 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 12:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 1:04 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 1:34 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 1:42 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 2:45 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 2:56 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 4:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 34 min | |
| Jun 29, 5:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 5:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 37 min | |
| Jun 29, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 30 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.