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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2017, 2:29 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 17, 2017, 2:29 PM MDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2017, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 17, 11:24 AM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 11:24 AM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1129 AM MDT Thu Aug 17 2017 COZ058>089-093>099-181730- Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Ft- Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Ft- Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft- Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Ft- Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Ft- Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County above 9000Ft- Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Ft- Saguache County East of Continental Divide below 10000 Ft- La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft- Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft- Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft- Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft- Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft- Southern San Luis Valley- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft- Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500Ft- Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft- Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft- Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft- Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Ft-Pikes Peak above 11000 Ft- Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County- Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft- Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Ft-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft- Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County- Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County- Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County- Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County- 1129 AM MDT Thu Aug 17 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A few severe storms will be possible over the far southeast Colorado plains late this afternoon and this evening. The primary risks from these storms will be 1 inch diameter hail, 60 mph winds, locally heavy rain and lightning. Elsewhere, isolated storms will be possible but overall storm coverage and intensity will be low. The primary risks from these storms will be wind gusts to 50 mph and lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Isolated to scattered mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms will be possible each day. The primary threats from storms will be lightning and wind gusts to 45 mph. Some of the stronger storms could locally heavy rain and small hail. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible this afternoon and evening across the far southeast Colorado plains. 28/28
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:29 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 229 PM MDT THU AUG 17 2017 COZ084-172100- Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft CO- 229 PM MDT THU AUG 17 2017 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... At 229 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Peyton, or 22 miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving east at 25 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Calhan and Peyton. LAT...LON 3890 10455 3908 10458 3911 10415 3891 10411 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 260DEG 20KT 3901 10448 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 15 min |
| Aug 17, 4:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 41 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.