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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 18, 2018Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2018, 10:38 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 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
May 18, 2018, 10:38 PM MDT (04:38 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2018, 11:30 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1976 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1976 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.1

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The text

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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 May 18, 7:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 7:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 7:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 6:49 PM MDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
649 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0648 PM     HAIL             1 ENE PUEBLO WEST       38.32N 104.74W
05/18/2018  M1.00 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&
Local storm report, May 18, 6:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
651 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     HAIL             3 SSW PUEBLO WEST       38.30N 104.74W
05/18/2018  M1.00 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   COCORAHS

&&
Local storm report, May 18, 6:55 PM MDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
655 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0639 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 WSW LAMAR             38.07N 102.69W
05/18/2018  M60 MPH          PROWERS            CO   ASOS

&&
Local storm report, May 18, 7:05 PM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
705 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0635 PM     HAIL             1 SSE PUEBLO WEST       38.30N 104.75W
05/18/2018  M0.25 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   NWS EMPLOYEE

0648 PM     HAIL             1 ENE PUEBLO WEST       38.32N 104.74W
05/18/2018  M1.00 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   NWS EMPLOYEE

0445 PM     HAIL             3 SSE FALCON            38.89N 104.59W
05/18/2018  M1.00 INCH       EL PASO            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0408 PM     HAIL             3 NW PETERSON AFB       38.86N 104.75W
05/18/2018  M1.25 INCH       EL PASO            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0630 PM     HAIL             3 SSW PUEBLO WEST       38.30N 104.74W
05/18/2018  M1.00 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   COCORAHS

0534 PM     HAIL             4 ENE WETMORE           38.25N 105.02W
05/18/2018  M1.00 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0636 PM     HAIL             3 W PUEBLO WEST         38.31N 104.81W
05/18/2018  M0.88 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   PUBLIC

0636 PM     HAIL             1 SE PUEBLO WEST        38.30N 104.74W
05/18/2018  M1.00 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   NWS EMPLOYEE

0638 PM     HAIL             1 E PUEBLO WEST         38.31N 104.73W
05/18/2018  M1.00 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0639 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 WSW LAMAR             38.07N 102.69W
05/18/2018  M60 MPH          PROWERS            CO   ASOS

0639 PM     HAIL             1 N PUEBLO WEST         38.33N 104.76W
05/18/2018  M0.75 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   NWS EMPLOYEE

0404 PM     HAIL             3 NW PETERSON AFB       38.86N 104.75W
05/18/2018  M1.00 INCH       EL PASO            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0646 PM     HAIL             2 ESE PUEBLO WEST       38.30N 104.72W
05/18/2018  M1.00 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORTED AT COUNTRYSIDE AND HEMLOCK PUEBLO,
            CO.

0646 PM     HAIL             2 WNW LAMAR             38.10N 102.65W
05/18/2018  M0.75 INCH       PROWERS            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0647 PM     HAIL             5 NNE PUEBLO WEST       38.38N 104.71W
05/18/2018  M0.75 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Special weather statement, May 18, 10:38 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers41 min
May 18, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso36 min
May 18, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa48 min
May 18, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo22 min
May 18, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers29 min
May 18, 7:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers51 min
May 19, 2:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster47 min
May 19, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo17 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018

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.