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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 10:30 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2016, 10:30 PM MDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2016, 11:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 10:47 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 W Falcon, CO | DUBLIN AND POWERS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
181 WWUS85 KPUB 080430 SPSPUB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1030 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016 COZ081-084-085-080530- 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- 1030 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM MDT... AT 1029 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...MANITOU SPRINGS...SECURITY... FORT CARSON...CIMARRON HILLS...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD... STRATMOOR AND PETERSON AFB. 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. 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 3870 10478 3884 10493 3902 10472 3881 10451 TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 231DEG 4KT 3882 10479 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 92 min |
| Aug 7, 10:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 11:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 84 min |
| Aug 7, 11:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 1:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 1:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 116 min |
| Aug 8, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 2:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 3:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 3:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.