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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2017, 6:49 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 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 5, 2017, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2017, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2054 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
017
WWUS85 KPUB 060049
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
649 PM MDT SAT AUG 5 2017
COZ084-060145-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
CO-
649 PM MDT SAT AUG 5 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM MDT...
At 647 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles west of Ramah, or 33 miles west of Limon, moving southeast at
15 mph.
Heavy rainfall, hail up to 1/2 inch in diameter and winds around 40
mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Calhan and Ramah.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3907 10405 3905 10406 3890 10426 3913 10445
3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 317DEG 8KT 3914 10430
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 7:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 9:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 9:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 9:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 111 min |
| Aug 5, 10:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 2:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 5:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 114 min |
| Aug 6, 5:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 5:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 110 min |
Nearby
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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.