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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2018, 2:03 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 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 3, 2018, 2:03 PM MDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2018, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 3, 11:30 AM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 11:30 AM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1131 AM MDT Mon Sep 3 2018 COZ058>089-093>099-041745- 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- 1131 AM MDT Mon Sep 3 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 showers and thunderstorms are expected across southern Colorado into tonight. The primary threats with thunderstorms today and tonight will be lightning, periods of moderate to locally heavy rainfall, small hail and erratic gusty winds around 45 mph. In addition, if a stronger storm were to impact a recent burn scar, localized flash flooding would also be possible. The overall best chance of thunderstorms today will be over the far eastern plains of Colorado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected over the mountains Tuesday through Thursday, with isolated to scattered thunderstorms over the lower elevations. Drier conditions are expected on Friday, with isolated to scattered thunderstorms over and near the mountains. The main storm threats will be lightning, gusty winds and locally heavy rain, and some of the stronger storms could also produce small hail. Storms that impact area burn scars could pose a flash flood risk, especially on Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible today and tonight across southern Colorado. Hodanish
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 11:27 AM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 158 PM MDT MON SEP 3 2018 COZ093-094-097-032045- Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County CO-Eastern Las Animas County CO- La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO- 158 PM MDT MON SEP 3 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO...NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT... At 158 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles south of Higbee, or 27 miles south of North La Junta, moving north at 15 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Higbee. LAT...LON 3751 10322 3750 10352 3785 10362 3789 10314 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 172DEG 13KT 3759 10339 KTS
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 2:03 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 203 PM MDT MON SEP 3 2018 COZ094-097>099-032045- Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County CO- Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County CO-Eastern Las Animas County CO- 203 PM MDT MON SEP 3 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS... NORTHWESTERN BACA...NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT... At 202 PM MDT, trained weather spotters reported a strong thunderstorm 14 miles north of Pritchett, or 17 miles northwest of Springfield, moving northeast at 20 mph. There has been a funnel reported northeast of Springfield. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Two Buttes and Two Buttes Reservoir. LAT...LON 3738 10290 3754 10309 3798 10286 3760 10229 TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 220DEG 15KT 3758 10286 KTS
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 3, 11:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| Sep 3, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 2:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 37 min |
| Sep 3, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 41 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.