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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 16, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 3:25 PM MDT for El Paso 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 16, 2016, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2016, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2016-08-16Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -66 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 16, 11:18 AM MDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 11:18 AM MDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 11:22 AM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1122 AM MDT TUE AUG 16 2016

COZ058>089-093>099-171730-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
ALAMOSA  VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY  ABOVE 8500FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
1122 AM MDT TUE AUG 16 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING, INITIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS, AND SPREAD EAST INTO
THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL, HAIL AROUND 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER, GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45
MPH AND HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING. IF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS ON AREA BURN
SCARS, IT COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE WILL BE DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS, WITH THE BEST
CHANCES BEING OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. HOWEVER, THIS
WEEKEND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL SEE INCREASED MOISTURE AND A
BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH STORMS WILL
BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, HOWEVER SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND, AND THERE WILL
BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN
PEAKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF SOUTHERN
COLORADO.

88/88

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:25 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
325 PM MDT TUE AUG 16 2016

COZ084-085-162215-
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-
325 PM MDT TUE AUG 16 2016

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

AT 325 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...
CIMARRON HILLS AND BLACK FOREST.

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3884 10485 3899 10487 3909 10476 3886 10457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 228DEG 10KT 3892 10480

KAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller44 min
Aug 16, 3:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Aug 16, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso41 min
Aug 16, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller45 min
Aug 16, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso38 min
Aug 16, 4:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Aug 16, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso56 min
Aug 16, 4:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso2 hr
Aug 16, 4:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller2 hr
Aug 16, 5:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller3 hr
Aug 16, 5:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero60 min
Aug 16, 5:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl 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.