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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Sep 30, 2017, 2:45 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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 30, 2017, 2:45 PM MDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2017, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 353 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 30, 11:44 AM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 11:44 AM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1133 AM MDT Sat Sep 30 2017 COZ058>089-093>099-011745- 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- 1133 AM MDT Sat Sep 30 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms will develop over the mountains this afternoon. Those storms will spread east across the I-25 corridor and plains through the evening. Primary storm threats today will include brief heavy rain, small hail, wind gusts to around 45 mph and lightning. However, a few of the stronger storms could produce hail up to the size of nickels, particularly across the southeast plains late this afternoon through this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms will be possible across the area Tuesday through Friday. The main storm threats will be lightning and gusty winds to around 40 mph. Light snow accumulations will also be possible across the higher mountain passes of the Continental Divide Sunday and Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible this afternoon and evening over much of the area. 31/31
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 2:45 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 245 PM MDT SAT SEP 30 2017 COZ074-086>088-093-094-302130- Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO- Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft CO- Eastern Las Animas County CO-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO- 245 PM MDT SAT SEP 30 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTERO...EAST CENTRAL HUERFANO...CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM MDT... At 245 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles northeast of Aguilar to 6 miles south of Hoehne. Movement was northeast at 35 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Model, Delhi, Hoehne, Thatcher and Tyrone. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3794 10410 3737 10381 3708 10441 3752 10464 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 231DEG 30KT 3749 10454 3719 10439 KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 44 min |
| Sep 30, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 33 min |
| Sep 30, 4:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero | 52 min |
| Sep 30, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 59 min |
| Sep 30, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 93 min |
| Sep 30, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 88 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.