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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 27, 2017Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2017, 5:44 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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: May 27, 2017, 5:44 PM MDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2017, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 618 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -312 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 423 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 686 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.6

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The text

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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 May 27, 3:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 11:10 AM MDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1110 AM MDT Sat May 27 2017

COZ058>089-093>099-281715-
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-
1110 AM MDT Sat May 27 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated to numerous storms will occur across the eastern Sawatch
and Mosquito Ranges, the eastern mountains, and plains through
the evening hours. The eastern San Juan and La Garita Mountains
and San Luis Valley should see isolated storms. The main storm
risks across the area will be lightning and wind gusts up to 50
mph. Locally heavy rain will also be a risk across eastern burn
scars. A few severe storms will be likely across the southeast
plains, with the risks being hail up to the size of golf balls,
wind gusts around 60 mph, and an isolated tornado possible. The
best chance for severe storms will be east of the I-25 corridor
this afternoon and early evening.

Some light snow accumulations will be possible over the higher
peaks and passes of the eastern Sawatch and Mosquito Ranges and
the eastern mountains.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Isolated to scattered storms will occur each day, mainly in the
afternoon and evening hours. The primary storm risks will be
lightning and wind gusts up to 45 mph with a few of the stronger
storms producing some small hail.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be
likely across the I-25 corridor and southeast plains, and for
light snow accumulations across the higher mountain peaks an
d passes of the eastern Sawatch and Mosquito Ranges and eastern
mountains this afternoon and evening.

13/13

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 4:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 4:55 PM MDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
455 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0455 PM     HAIL             1 W LAS ANIMAS          38.07N 103.24W
05/27/2017  M0.88 INCH       BENT               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, May 27, 5:25 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 5:36 PM MDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 5:40 PM MDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 5:44 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	50 min
May 26, 6:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	45 min
May 26, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	61 min
May 26, 7:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
May 26, 8:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	21 min
May 27, 12:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	33 min
May 27, 1:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
May 27, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	39 min
May 27, 2:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	49 min
May 27, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	33 min
May 27, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	44 min
May 27, 3:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	51 min
May 27, 3:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	42 min
May 27, 3:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
May 27, 3:53 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	37 min
May 27, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	43 min
May 27, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	39 min
May 27, 4:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	27 min
May 27, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	38 min
May 27, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	48 min
May 27, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	32 min
May 27, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 27, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
May 27, 5:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 27, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	50 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2017 Every special weather statement in 2017

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.