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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2017, 6:21 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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 15, 2017, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2017, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
800 WWUS85 KPUB 160021 SPSPUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 621 PM MDT TUE AUG 15 2017 COZ084-085-160100- Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Ft CO- Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft CO- 621 PM MDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM MDT... At 620 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Rush, or 36 miles southwest of Limon, moving north at 10 mph. Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Ramah and Rush. LAT...LON 3880 10406 3880 10420 3913 10421 3913 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 183DEG 10KT 3884 10410 $$ ep
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 30 min | |
| Aug 15, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 6:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 25 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.