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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 8, 2016Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2016, 4:55 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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 8, 2016, 4:55 PM MDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2016, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2016-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -96 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

929 
WWUS85 KPUB 082255
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
455 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016
 
COZ086-082345-
PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO-
455 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM MDT...

AT 455 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BLENDE...OR 9 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AVONDALE AND PUEBLO DEPOT. 

LAT...LON 3820 10459 3832 10442 3818 10419 3802 10443
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 317DEG 5KT 3821 10445 

$$

EP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache92 min
Aug 7, 10:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso60 min
Aug 7, 10:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller64 min
Aug 7, 11:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller3 hr
Aug 7, 11:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller84 min
Aug 7, 11:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller48 min
Aug 8, 1:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Las Animas3 hr
Aug 8, 1:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
Aug 8, 1:49 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano116 min
Aug 8, 2:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont41 min
Aug 8, 2:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache47 min
Aug 8, 2:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller34 min
Aug 8, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont36 min
Aug 8, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo42 min
Aug 8, 3:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBChaffee, Fremont3 hr
Aug 8, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso43 min
Aug 8, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo31 min
Aug 8, 3:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr

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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.