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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2017, 3:08 PM MDT for Fremont County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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
- Jul 20, 2017, 3:08 PM MDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2017, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Fremont County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 20, 11:38 AM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 11:38 AM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1141 AM MDT Thu Jul 20 2017 COZ058>089-093>099-211745- 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- 1141 AM MDT Thu Jul 20 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 scattered thunderstorms will be possible over the higher terrain this afternoon and early evening. The best chance of storms will be over the central mountains. Locally heavy rain will once again be possible, and flash flooding in the Chalk Bluffs region near Mount Princeton will once again be possible. Isolated thunderstorms will be possible on the plains adjacent to the mountains late this afternoon and evening. The best chance of storms will be over the lower elevations of El Paso county. One or two of the stronger storms will be capable of wind gusts to 50 mph and nickel size hail. All storms today will produce dangerous cloud to ground lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms will develop Friday, mainly over the mountains. The main threats from these storms will be locally heavy downpours and lightning. Over the weekend, low level moisture will increase over the plains and eastern mountains, resulting in better chances for afternoon and evening thunderstorms. The main threats from these storms will be locally heavy rain and lightning. Drier air will move into the region starting Monday. There will still be enough moisture for afternoon and evening thunderstorms, mostly over the mountains. The main threats from these storms will be locally heavy downpours and lightning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible this afternoon and evening in the mountains and adjacent plains. 31/77
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:08 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 308 PM MDT THU JUL 20 2017 COZ076>078-202145- Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft CO- Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500Ft CO- 308 PM MDT THU JUL 20 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL FREMONT AND NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT... At 308 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Texas Creek, or 49 miles west of Pueblo, moving north at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Texas Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3830 10535 3823 10557 3852 10581 3863 10549 TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 157DEG 13KT 3834 10553 KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 7:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 7:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 8:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 9:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 12:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 41 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.