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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 6, 2017Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2017, 5:33 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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 6, 2017, 5:33 PM MDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 2017-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 2017-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

877 
WWUS85 KPUB 062333
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
533 PM MDT SUN AUG 6 2017
 
COZ086-087-070000-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft CO-
533 PM MDT SUN AUG 6 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND
SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM MDT...

At 533 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles east of Greenhorn Mountain, or 26 miles south of Pueblo, moving
northeast at 25 mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Colorado City.

LAT...LON 3777 10470 3790 10486 3818 10458 3799 10434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 225DEG 22KT 3790 10472 

$$

PGW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso56 min
Aug 5, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso45 min
Aug 5, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley44 min
Aug 5, 9:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley47 min
Aug 5, 9:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero32 min
Aug 5, 9:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCrowley, Otero111 min
Aug 5, 10:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent50 min
Aug 6, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller26 min
Aug 6, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
Aug 6, 5:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Pueblo114 min
Aug 6, 5:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso110 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.