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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2016, 6:29 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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, 6:29 PM MDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2016, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Bent County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
291 WWUS85 KPUB 090029 SPSPUB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 629 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 COZ093-095>097-090115- LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY CO-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY CO- 629 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...SOUTHEASTERN OTERO AND BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM MDT... AT 629 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARLINGTON TO NEAR NORTH LA JUNTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LA JUNTA...LAS ANIMAS...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR... NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...MCCLAVE...HIGBEE...BLUE LAKE...HASTY... ARLINGTON...CADDOA AND FORT LYON. LAT...LON 3833 10271 3765 10311 3769 10368 3842 10329 TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 292DEG 32KT 3834 10332 3793 10344 $$ EP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 7:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 8:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 1:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Lake | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 3:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Lake | 113 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.