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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 29, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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 29, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2016, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 29, 3:41 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 3:41 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1132 AM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-301745- 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- 1132 AM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A FEW POSSIBLE STORMS CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO. THE BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SUPPORTING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER AREA BURN SCARS AND URBAN AREAS. IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. PEOPLE DRIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE MUDSLIDES ALONG WITH ROCKS IN THE ROAD DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MONSOON MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE IN PLACE TUESDAY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO. DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONFINED MAINLY TO THE MOUNTAINS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO...BUT DRIER AIR MOVES IN FOR THE WEEKEND. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. 23/23
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 29, 2:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 6:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 6:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 114 min |
| Aug 28, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 7:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 9:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 9:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 119 min |
| Aug 28, 9:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 9:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:03 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 1:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 117 min |
| Aug 29, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 2:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Aug 29, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 3:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 3:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:54 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 19 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 4:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 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.