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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 4, 2016Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Sep 4, 2016, 2:21 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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 4, 2016, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2016, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Crowley County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2016-09-04Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

018 
WWUS85 KPUB 042021
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
221 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2016
 
COZ089-093-042100-
CROWLEY COUNTY CO-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY CO-
221 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN OTERO AND SOUTHEASTERN
CROWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT...

AT 220 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCKY
FORD...OR 13 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY FORD...SWINK...SUGAR CITY AND CHERAW. 

LAT...LON 3790 10377 3803 10393 3831 10362 3817 10341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 225DEG 29KT 3802 10379 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa46 min
Sep 3, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers31 min
Sep 3, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca46 min
Sep 4, 1:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa30 min
Sep 4, 1:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers42 min
Sep 4, 1:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa39 min
Sep 4, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers47 min
Sep 4, 2:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers38 min
Sep 4, 5:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa27 min
Sep 4, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa26 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.