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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 3, 2016Fremont County, Colorado

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 444 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
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

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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 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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 4:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent47 min
Sep 3, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers27 min
Sep 3, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers33 min
Sep 3, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Prowers47 min
Sep 3, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers26 min

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.