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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2018, 3:44 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 16 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
- Jul 14, 2018, 3:44 PM MDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2018, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 317 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jul 14, 3:16 PM MDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:16 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1118 AM MDT Sat Jul 14 2018 COZ058>089-093>099-151730- Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet- Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet- Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet- Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet- Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet- Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet- Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet- La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Southern San Luis Valley- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet- Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet- Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet- Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County- Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Feet- Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 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- 1118 AM MDT Sat Jul 14 2018 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 will be possible this afternoon and evening, with thunderstorms most numerous across the western mountains. Locally heavy rainfall, lightning, and wind gusts up to 45 mph will be the primary storm threats. Flash flooding will be possible should an isolated stronger storm impact the newer burn scars such as Spring, Chateau, Junkins or Hayden Pass. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Increasing coverage of afternoon and evening thunderstorms can be expected across all of South Central and Southeastern Colorado Sunday and Monday, as monsoonal moisture moving into the Rockies, will combine with a cold front moving across the Eastern Plains Sunday night. The main threat from slow moving thunderstorms will be heavy rainfall, wind gusts to around 45 mph, and dangerous cloud to ground lightning. The potential for flash flooding will also be a concern, especially for the newer burn scars, including the Spring, Chateau, Junkins and Hayden Pass burn scars. Decreasing coverage of afternoon and evening thunderstorms is expected to start Tuesday and then continue through the end of the work week, as drier air starts to filter into the region. There will be enough residual moisture to support isolated to scattered thunderstorms each day, most numerous over the higher terrain. The main threats from storms will be locally heavy rainfall and the potential for localized flash flooding, mainly across the newer burn areas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible through this evening in and near the burn scars. 88/88
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:44 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 8:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 19 min |
| Jul 13, 10:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 11:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 11:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer | 111 min |
| Jul 14, 2:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 53 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 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.