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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Apr 16, 2017, 6:21 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 16, 2017, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2017, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 300 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
- 908 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
937 WWUS85 KPUB 170021 SPSPUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 621 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017 COZ088-094-170045- Eastern Las Animas County CO- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO- 621 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT... At 621 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles north of Trinchera, or 26 miles east of Trinidad, moving northeast at 25 mph. Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Las Animas County. LAT...LON 3709 10402 3724 10416 3747 10385 3725 10365 TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 233DEG 20KT 3721 10402 $$ 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 6:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 15 min |
| Apr 16, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 7:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 8:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 33 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.