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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 7, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 2:49 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 7, 2016, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2016, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2016-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

073 
WWUS85 KPUB 072049
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
249 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016
 
COZ081-084-085-072115-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
249 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL
315 PM MDT...

AT 248 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER GLENEAGLE...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...
PALMER LAKE...BLACK FOREST AND GLENEAGLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3908 10452 3895 10480 3909 10495 3913 10491
      3913 10458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 228DEG 6KT 3907 10481 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca39 min
Aug 6, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa42 min
Aug 6, 7:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca41 min
Aug 6, 8:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca44 min
Aug 7, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano45 min
Aug 7, 2:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Pueblo3 hr
Aug 7, 3:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller32 min
Aug 7, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas42 min
Aug 7, 4:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller81 min
Aug 7, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca89 min
Aug 7, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache92 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.