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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2017, 2:47 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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
- Sep 7, 2017, 2:47 PM MDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2017, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 334 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 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 Sep 7, 11:18 AM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 11:18 AM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 11:13 AM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1113 AM MDT Thu Sep 7 2017 COZ058>089-093>099-081715- 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- 1113 AM MDT Thu Sep 7 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are anticipated this afternoon and evening in the mountains and valleys. A few storms will also make it onto the plains late this afternoon and evening. The primary threat from storms will be wind gusts to 45 mph, brief periods of heavy rain and cloud to ground lightning. Some brief small hail will be possible with the isolated stronger storms. The best chance of storms will once again be over the southwest mountains. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Isolated to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms are anticipated each day, generally favoring higher terrain locations. The primary meteorological threats from storms will be gusty winds, locally heavy rainfall and hazardous lightning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters will not be needed this afternoon or tonight. 31/31
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 2:47 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 247 PM MDT THU SEP 7 2017 COZ088-072115- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO- 247 PM MDT THU SEP 7 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM MDT... At 246 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hoehne, or 8 miles north of Trinidad, moving southeast at 10 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Hoehne. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3724 10462 3739 10451 3730 10419 3707 10435 TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 298DEG 8KT 3729 10449 KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 7, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 42 min |
| Sep 7, 3:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 14 min |
| Sep 7, 5:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 39 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.