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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 9, 2016Lake County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2016, 3:36 PM MDT for Lake County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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 9, 2016, 3:36 PM MDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2016, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Lake County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

583 
WWUS85 KPUB 092136
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
336 PM MDT TUE AUG 9 2016
 
COZ058>060-092215-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT CO-
336 PM MDT TUE AUG 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM
MDT...

AT 336 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TURQUOISE LAKE...OR 53 MILES EAST OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEADVILLE...FREMONT PASS...TURQUOISE LAKE...
LEADVILLE NORTH AND CLIMAX. 

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 3935 10636 3936 10630 3935 10628 3938 10622
      3938 10618 3937 10615 3934 10614 3931 10618
      3927 10619 3918 10640 3924 10649 3926 10648
      3930 10650 3931 10648 3932 10643 3935 10643
      3938 10640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 222DEG 15KT 3927 10638 

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 6:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley38 min
Aug 8, 6:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent46 min
Aug 8, 7:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa45 min
Aug 8, 7:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers41 min
Aug 8, 8:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca, Prowers48 min
Aug 9, 1:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache43 min
Aug 9, 3:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBLake113 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.