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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2016, 2:18 PM MDT for Fremont County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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
- Sep 3, 2016, 2:18 PM MDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2016, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Fremont County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Sep 3, 11:26 AM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 11:26 AM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 11:30 AM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1130 AM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-041730- 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- 1130 AM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM MOST STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING, AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. HOWEVER...OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS...NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50...ONE OR TWO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING 60 MPH WINDS...1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...AND STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ON TUESDAY. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR WEDENSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH ONLY ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 28/28
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 2:18 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 218 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016 COZ072-073-077-078-032045- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT CO- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO- 218 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE... SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT... AT 216 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE HAYDEN PASS BURN SCAR SOUTH OF COALDALE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LAT...LON 3824 10577 3835 10590 3834 10569 3825 10560 TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 256DEG 18KT 3828 10579
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 4:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 26 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.