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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 20, 2017Conejos County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2017, 4:01 PM MDT for Conejos County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 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
Jun 20, 2017, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2017, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Conejos County, CO

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 222 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2017-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 640 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2017-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-273 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

049 
WWUS85 KPUB 202201
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
401 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2017
 
COZ067-068-071-202245-
Southern San Luis Valley CO-
Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft CO-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft CO-
401 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CONEJOS COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

At 401 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles southwest of Capulin, or 22 miles northeast of Chama, moving
south at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central
Conejos County.

LAT...LON 3719 10642 3724 10627 3702 10608 3699 10630
      3699 10640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 349DEG 10KT 3715 10631 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 3:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas40 min
Jun 20, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas49 min
Jun 20, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca46 min
Jun 20, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca42 min
Jun 20, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca46 min
Jun 20, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca38 min
Jun 20, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca30 min
Jun 20, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca38 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.