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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 15, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2016, 7:11 PM MDT for El Paso 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
Jul 15, 2016, 7:11 PM MDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2016, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 794 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 15, 5:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 5:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 11:15 AM MDT, 7 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1115 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

COZ058>089-093>099-161715-
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-
1115 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A DRYLINE IS FORECAST TO SET UP ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS
AFTERNOON...BRINING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO PORTIONS
OF THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM LA JUNTA TO
KIM...INCLUDING KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. STORMS
THAT DEVELOP ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...STRONG WIND
GUSTY OF UP TO 60 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE THE DRYLINE WILL SET
UP. IF A PUSH OF MOISTURE CAN BACK WESTWARD INTO THE INTERSTATE 25
CORRIDOR...LOCATIONS FROM INTERSTATE 25 TO THE KANSAS BORDER COULD
SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK EAST INTO KANSAS
AND DISSIPATE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING.

MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE MOUNTAINS...EAST INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS INCLUDE
LIGHTNING...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF UP TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.
MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. ANY LIGHTNING
WILL BE OF PRIMARY CONCERN OVER THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE...WHERE DRY FUELS AND LACK OF WETTING RAINS COULD LEAD TO
NEW FIRE STARTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IT WILL BE
HOT AND DRY WITH NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BOTH DAYS.
THERE COULD BE A FEW SPOTTY THUNDERSTORMS AROUND, PARTICULARLY
OVER THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY
THREATS FROM ANY SUCH STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVER COLORADO AS
STEERING WINDS ALOFT BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY. THIS WILL BRING A
BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO AREA, PARTICULARLY TO THE
MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRIMARY STORM
THREATS WILL INCLUDE LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS.

23/23

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:02 PM MDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
202 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

COZ098-099-152045-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY CO-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO-
202 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND
NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

AT 202 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TWO BUTTES.

LAT...LON 3755 10240 3782 10226 3783 10204 3743 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 288DEG 23KT 3767 10222

TLM
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:39 PM MDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
239 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

COZ099-152115-
SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO-
239 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM
MDT...

AT 238 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALSH...VILAS...CAMPO AND STONINGTON.

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.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3709 10257 3733 10273 3754 10224 3734 10206
      3708 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 244DEG 35KT 3726 10260

MW
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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 7:11 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca88 min
Jul 16, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca34 min

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

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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.