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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
- 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
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
$$
BLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 119 min |
| Aug 4, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 2:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Conejos | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 4:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 16 min |
| Aug 4, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 5:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 113 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.