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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Sep 14, 2016, 9:07 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 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 14, 2016, 9:07 PM MDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2016, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 14, 2:55 PM MDT, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 2:55 PM MDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1115 AM MDT WED SEP 14 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-151715- 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- 1115 AM MDT WED SEP 14 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 CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE ON THE PLAINS...WITH HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLARS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THERE IS ALSO A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF A BRIEF TORNADO...MAINLY DOWN ALONG THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. THE OVERALL BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS...STORMS WILL BE SCATTERED IN COVERAGE...WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL UP TO NICKELS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PEAKS...GENERALLY AT OR ABOVE 12 THOUSAND FEET...THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PEAKS ABOVE ABOUT 12000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. HODANISH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 4:21 PM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 7:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 24 min |
| Sep 15, 1:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 86 min |
| Sep 15, 1:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 85 min |
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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.