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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2018, 3:06 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 14, 2018, 3:06 PM MDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2018, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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 14, 11:24 AM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 11:24 AM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1146 AM MDT Tue Aug 14 2018 COZ058>089-093>099-151800- 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- 1146 AM MDT Tue Aug 14 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across the mountains by mid afternoon, with storms moving southeast off of the higher terrain and across the adjacent plains through the late afternoon and evening hours. Storms will be capable of producing locally heavy rain, leading to possible flash flooding, mainly if storms develop or move across newer burn scar areas. Other storm threats will be cloud to ground lightning and gusty outflow winds of up to 45 mph, with small hail possible with a few of the stronger storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Scattered thunderstorms are expected across the area each day from Wednesday into the weekend, before storm chances begin to diminish early next week. A few of the thunderstorms may be severe, especially tomorrow and again on Saturday. The severe storms will be capable of large hail and damaging winds. All of the storms during the next several days will be capable of locally heavy rain and cloud to ground lightning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will possible this afternoon and evening, mainly in the mountains and along the I-25 corridor. Hodanish
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 3:06 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
306 PM MDT TUE AUG 14 2018
COZ081-082-085-142130-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 Ft CO-Pikes Peak above 11000 Ft CO-
Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And
11000 Ft CO-
306 PM MDT TUE AUG 14 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL
EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM MDT...
At 305 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Florissant, or 24 miles northwest of Colorado Springs, moving
southeast at 15 mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Woodland Park, Manitou Springs, Green Mountain Falls, Pikes Peak,
Divide, Crystola, Chipita Park, Florissant and Cascade.
LAT...LON 3890 10488 3872 10513 3894 10533 3902 10533
3911 10520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 317DEG 12KT 3900 10523
HodanishThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Teller | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 5:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 5:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 2 hr |
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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.