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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 23, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2016, 3:18 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 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 23, 2016, 3:18 PM MDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2016-08-23Temperature 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 2016-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
2986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 23, 11:26 AM MDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 11:26 AM MDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 11:37 AM MDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1137 AM MDT TUE AUG 23 2016

COZ058>089-093>099-241745-
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-
1137 AM MDT TUE AUG 23 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 WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS THROUGH THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST
NUMEROUS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...WHERE SLOW
MOVING STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR BURN SCARS. SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH
AND SMALL HAIL. OVERNIGHT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR STORMS OVER
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND PIKES PEAK REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAIN
AREAS. STORMS WILL BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD OVER THE WEEKEND AND
INTO MONDAY.

ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTING...AND GUSTY WINDS. ON WEDNESDAY...A
COUPLE OF STORMS EAST OF I-25 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 COULD BECOME
STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND
GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. ON THURSDAY...1 OR 2 STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE PIKES PEAK REGION.

AREA BURN SCARS...INCLUDING THE WALDO CANYON AND HAYDEN PASS
SCARS...WILL BE AT PARTICULAR RISK FOR FLOODING OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THESE FLOOD PRONE AREAS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND FOLLOW THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

50/50

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 3:18 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
318 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2016

COZ081-084-085-232200-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
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-
318 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 400
PM MDT...

AT 317 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EL PASO COUNTY...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD.  SOME OF THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.

LAT...LON 3884 10498 3912 10502 3912 10457 3862 10451
      3861 10489 3880 10489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 173DEG 6KT 3896 10487

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 3:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBFremont2 hr
Aug 23, 4:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBFremont6 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.