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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 21, 2019El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2019, 5:22 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 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
Jun 21, 2019, 5:22 PM MDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2019, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2019-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2019-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1246 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 21, 3:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 3:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 4:37 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
437 PM MDT Fri Jun 21 2019

COZ058>089-093>099-222245-
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-
437 PM MDT Fri Jun 21 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Isolated severe thunderstorms will be possible along and north of
highway 50 through 8 PM this evening. Large hail up to golf ball
size along with wind gusts to 70 mph will be possible,
particularly across Crowley, Kiowa, Bent, and Prowers counties
through this evening. An isolated tornado is still possible
across Kiowa, Crowley, Bent and Prowers counties this evening if
thunderstorms drop southward into the area or develop along the
cold front.

A strong cold front will move through the plains this evening
bringing wind gusts up to 50 mph.

Thunderstorms will occur in the mountains, mainly north of a line
from Creede to Westcliffe. Gusty winds to 45 mph and hail up to
dime size will be possible.

All thunderstorms will be capable of producing dangerous cloud to
ground lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are forecast for the
mountains, Interstate 25 corridor, and plains on Saturday. Storms
east of the mountains have the potential to produce large hail,
damaging winds, and an isolated tornado. All storms across the
forecast area may also pose a flash flood threat, particularly
over burn scars and urban areas.

Snow levels will drop to around 9000 feet Saturday evening. Up to
a couple inches of snow accumulation is possible over the central
mountains and Pikes Peak, with other locations seeing trace
amounts.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will develop across much of
the forecast area on Sunday, but are not expected to pose a severe
threat.

Monday through Thursday, isolated thunderstorms will develop each
afternoon over the high terrain, with little chance that they will
make it to the lower elevations. Storms during this period will
remain weak.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be
possible across El Paso, Crowley, Kiowa, Bent and Prowers counties
through this evening.

31/10

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:52 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
452 PM MDT Fri Jun 21 2019

COZ084-085-212330-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 Ft CO-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
CO-
452 PM MDT Fri Jun 21 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL
530 PM MDT...

At 451 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Peyton, or 20 miles east of Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 25
mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Calhan, Ramah, Yoder, Ellicott, Peyton, and eastern Falcon.

LAT...LON 3884 10406 3882 10460 3908 10462 3913 10442
      3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 239DEG 22KT 3893 10445

KT
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:22 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
522 PM MDT Fri Jun 21 2019

COZ084-085-220000-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 Ft CO-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
CO-
522 PM MDT Fri Jun 21 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL
600 PM MDT...

At 521 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ellicott, or 22 miles east of Colorado Springs, moving northeast at
30 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Truckton, Yoder, Ellicott and Rush.

LAT...LON 3910 10405 3874 10405 3869 10450 3899 10451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 244DEG 24KT 3884 10440

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 10:48 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBPueblo4 days
Jun 21, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso38 min

Nearby

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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.