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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 19, 2016Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2016, 9:39 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 96 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 19, 2016, 9:39 PM MDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2016, 11:15 PM MDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Baca County, CO

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 233 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 597 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 19, 2:45 PM MDT, 6 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 2:45 PM MDT, 6 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 11:23 AM MDT, 10 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1123 AM MDT FRI AUG 19 2016

COZ058>089-093>099-201730-
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-
1123 AM MDT FRI AUG 19 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON, A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EL PASO COUNTY, AND WILL THEN MOVE SOUTH
THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS IN THE EVENING HOURS. ALONG AND BEHIND
THIS FRONT, CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE
I-25 CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE MAIN STORM THREATS
TODAY WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. HOWEVER, SOME
OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO
NICKEL SIZE AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, WHICH COULD CAUSE A FLASH
FLOOD THREAT IF IT OCCURS OVER URBAN AREAS OR BURN SCARS. THERE
WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE
I-25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS, WITH HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER
MOUNTAIN PEAKS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE WILL BE DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY
FOR AREAS OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN...INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS
TO AROUND 45 MPH...WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS ALSO CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

COOLER AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO INTO THE EARLY WEEKEND...WHICH
WILL ALLOW FOR SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL OVER THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

HODANISH

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 8:45 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 9:39 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 6:02 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso118 min
Aug 19, 6:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso111 min
Aug 19, 7:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont52 min
Aug 19, 7:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo66 min
Aug 19, 8:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers82 min
Aug 19, 8:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas90 min
Aug 20, 4:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBMineral, Rio Grande3 hr
Aug 20, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCostilla, Las Animas25 min
Aug 20, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCostilla, Huerfano, Las Animas35 min
Aug 20, 5:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCostilla, Huerfano, Las Animas43 min
Aug 20, 5:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCostilla, Huerfano, Las Animas3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.