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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2016, 8:01 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 6, 2016, 8:01 PM MDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 212 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
351 WWUS85 KPUB 070201 SPSPUB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 801 PM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 COZ099-070245- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO- 801 PM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM MDT... AT 800 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF CAMPO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WALSH...VILAS...CAMPO AND STONINGTON. LAT...LON 3699 10265 3737 10267 3749 10204 3700 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 264DEG 26KT 3731 10260 3701 10258 $$ EP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 6:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 7:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 2:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 3:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 4:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 81 min |
| Aug 7, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 89 min |
| Aug 7, 5:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 92 min |
Nearby
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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.