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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 4, 2017Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2017, 5:13 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
Aug 4, 2017, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2017, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 251 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-383 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

607 
WWUS85 KPUB 042313
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
513 PM MDT FRI AUG 4 2017
 
COZ086-088-093-042345-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
513 PM MDT FRI AUG 4 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTERO...NORTH
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM
MDT...

At 512 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles north of Delhi, or 32 miles west of La Junta, moving southeast
at 30 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern
Otero...north central Las Animas and southeastern Pueblo Counties.

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 3782 10426 3801 10412 3792 10369 3764 10392
      3764 10401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 300DEG 26KT 3785 10411 

$$

BL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 6:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCuster, Pueblo119 min
Aug 4, 2:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso38 min
Aug 4, 2:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos25 min
Aug 4, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo24 min
Aug 4, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo32 min
Aug 4, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo43 min
Aug 4, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas27 min
Aug 4, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo16 min
Aug 4, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero, Pueblo23 min
Aug 4, 5:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBOtero, Pueblo113 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.