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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2017, 2:34 PM MDT for Fremont County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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 28, 2017, 2:34 PM MDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2017, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Fremont County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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
- 2266 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 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 28, 10:29 AM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:29 AM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1153 AM MDT Fri Jul 28 2017 COZ058>089-093>099-291800- 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- 1153 AM MDT Fri Jul 28 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will develop over the mountains this afternoon, then spread into the plains during the evening and overnight hours. The primary risks with thunderstorms today will be locally heavy rainfall, wind gusts up to 50 mph, hail up to 1/2 inch in diameter and dangerous cloud to ground lightning. Localized flash flooding will be a threat for burn scars, urban areas and locations with saturated soil conditions. One or two storms could become marginally severe across portions of the southeast plains late this afternoon and evening where hail up to the size of quarters and wind gusts to near 60 mph will be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Scattered to numerous afternoon and evening thunderstorms will be possible each day through Tuesday with thunderstorms persisting into the early morning hours across portions of the plains at times. The primary thunderstorm risks during this period will be heavy rainfall capable of producing flash flooding, lightning, small hail, and wind gusts up to 50 mph. One or two thunderstorms across the plains on Saturday could become severe with large hail and damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph possible. Thunderstorms will become less widespread and more confined to the mountains for Wednesday and Thursday. However, they will still carry the threat for heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible this afternoon and evening across south central and southeast Colorado. 50/50
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
110 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2017
COZ076-077-281945-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft CO-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500Ft CO-
110 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY UNTIL
145 PM MDT...
At 109 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Waugh Mountain. This storm was nearly stationary.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Waugh Mountain.
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.
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LAT...LON 3859 10552 3851 10571 3860 10582 3869 10577
3869 10566
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 224DEG 0KT 3859 10571
tlmSpecial weather statement, Jul 28, 2:34 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 234 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2017 COZ076-077-282115- Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft CO- Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500Ft CO- 234 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM MDT... At 233 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Texas Creek moving north at 20 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Cotopaxi, Texas Creek and Waugh Mountain. 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 3835 10547 3832 10569 3869 10585 3870 10550 TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 168DEG 18KT 3841 10561 tlm
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 1:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 3:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Saguache | 115 min |
| Jul 28, 3:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Saguache | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 113 min |
| Jul 28, 4:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 5:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 36 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.