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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2017, 2:21 PM MDT for Rio Grande County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 8, 2017, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2017, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Rio Grande County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
043 WWUS85 KPUB 082021 SPSPUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 221 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2017 COZ065-067>070-082045- Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- Saguache County East of Continental Divide below 10000 Ft CO- Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft CO- Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft CO- 221 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM MDT... At 220 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Del Norte, or 28 miles northwest of Alamosa, moving southeast at 20 mph. Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Monte Vista. LAT...LON 3774 10641 3774 10617 3755 10605 3744 10626 TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 330DEG 17KT 3772 10627 $$ 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 9:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 1:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 5:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent | 25 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.