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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2017, 3:08 PM MDT for Saguache 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 27, 2017, 3:08 PM MDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2017, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 158 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 27, 11:15 AM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 11:15 AM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1110 AM MDT Thu Jul 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 Thu Jul 27 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop again this afternoon and evening, mainly over and near the mountain areas. Storms across the plains should be much more isolated today due to the atmosphere being stabilized by recent heavy precipitation. Monsoon moisture remains firmly entrenched over southern Colorado, supporting the potential for locally heavy rain fall with all storms that develop today. This will also lead to possible flash flooding across the area again today, especially over area burn scars, as well as locations that have already been saturated by recent heavy rain. Other concerns from storms include dangerous cloud to ground lightning, with gusty winds and small hail also possible with the strongest storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Monsoon moisture will remain over southern Colorado through the period. The mountains will see scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms each day in the period. The plains will see active days mixed with quieter days. Currently, most model forecasts agree that Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday will be the most active days for storms across the plains. The primary concerns through the period will continue to be flash flooding, lightning, gusty winds and small hail. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be likely over and near the higher terrain this afternoon and evening and remain possible across the rest of southern Colorado. 23/23
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 27, 9:09 AM MDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
228 PM MDT THU JUL 27 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0227 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 WNW MANITOU SPRINGS 38.86N 104.92W
07/27/2017 M1.88 INCH EL PASO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
24-HR RAIN TOTAL.
&&Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:08 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 308 PM MDT THU JUL 27 2017 COZ069-272145- Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- 308 PM MDT THU JUL 27 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT... At 308 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Moffat, or 40 miles north of Alamosa, moving south at 15 mph. Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Moffat. 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 3809 10598 3812 10587 3794 10571 3788 10595 TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 340DEG 14KT 3805 10590 mw
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 26, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 6:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 7:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 7:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 18 min |
| Jul 26, 7:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 8:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 9:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 9:43 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 10:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 11:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 11:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 12:57 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:33 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:29 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:26 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 1:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 3:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 4:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Teller | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 5:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 3 hr |
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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.