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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Oct 4, 2018, 11:44 AM MDT for Costilla County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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
- Oct 4, 2018, 11:44 AM MDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2018, 12:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Costilla County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 342 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 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 Oct 4, 5:03 AM MDT, 6 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 5:03 AM MDT, 6 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 559 AM MDT Thu Oct 4 2018 COZ058>089-093>099-051200- 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- 559 AM MDT Thu Oct 4 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated thunderstorms will be possible over the mountains today, with storms dissipating quickly this evening. Gusty winds to 45 mph and lightning will be the main threats from any storms today and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible over the mountains on Friday and plains Friday evening. The main threats with these storms will be lightning and wind gusts to 45 mph. Thunderstorm chances will be present over parts of the mountains at least through Tuesday, with lightning, heavy rain, and wind gusts to 45 mph the main threats. High elevation areas will also see snowfall, with at least a few inches possible. Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across the eastern plains on Sunday, potentially producing hail to around 1 inch in diameter, wind gusts to 60 mph, heavy rain, lightning, and an isolated tornado. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters will not be needed today or tonight. 10/12
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 11:44 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1144 AM MDT THU OCT 4 2018 COZ071-072-074-075-041815- Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO- Southern San Luis Valley CO- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft CO- Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft CO- 1144 AM MDT THU OCT 4 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO...EASTERN COSTILLA AND WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM MDT... At 1143 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near San Luis, or 29 miles southeast of Alamosa, moving northeast at 40 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... San Luis, San Pablo, Cuchara, Cuchara Pass and Chama. LAT...LON 3711 10544 3723 10556 3756 10523 3731 10497 TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 232DEG 43KT 3724 10541 mw
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 12:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 25 min |
| Oct 4, 2:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 34 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.