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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2016, 3:20 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 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 30, 2016, 3:20 PM MDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 820 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 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 Jul 30, 11:53 AM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 11:53 AM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 11:43 AM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1143 AM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-311745- 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- 1143 AM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. MOST OF THE STORMS TODAY WILL BE IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS WILL WORK EAST ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS TODAY WILL BE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND SPOTTY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH COVERAGE OF STORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK...AS MONSOONAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY OCCUR OVER URBAN AREAS AND AREA BURN SCARS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN COLORADO.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 131 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016 COZ081-083-085-086-302100- 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- 131 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL FREMONT...SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO AND NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT... AT 129 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINON...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PUEBLO...FOUNTAIN...PINON...BLENDE...SALT CREEK...PENROSE...PUEBLO RESERVOIR...PUEBLO WEST...PUEBLO DEPOT AND CANON CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO 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 3851 10522 3864 10472 3830 10436 3814 10480 TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 334DEG 10KT 3852 10480
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 137 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016 COZ074-088-302100- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT CO- 137 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM MDT... AT 136 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER STARKVILLE...OR NEAR TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRINIDAD...COKEDALE...STARKVILLE...HOEHNE...BONCARBO...SEGUNDO... RATON PASS AND WESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO 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 3728 10495 3729 10435 3700 10406 3699 10499 TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 327DEG 12KT 3711 10452
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:20 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 320 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016 COZ079-083-086-302200- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT CO- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY CO- 320 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT... NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM MDT... AT 320 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORENCE...OR 21 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WETMORE...BEULAH AND COLORADO CITY. LAT...LON 3818 10517 3832 10501 3816 10467 3795 10488 TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 308DEG 10KT 3820 10500 PGW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 29, 6:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 12:09 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:53 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 67 min |
| Jul 30, 1:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 89 min |
| Jul 30, 1:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 83 min |
| Jul 30, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 23 min |
| Jul 30, 3:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 23 min |
| Jul 30, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 47 min | |
| Jul 30, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jul 30, 5:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 51 min |
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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.