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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2019, 11:58 AM MDT for Rio Grande County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 21, 2019, 11:58 AM MDT (17:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2019, 12:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Rio Grande County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 224 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 386 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
- 406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 21, 11:23 AM MDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 11:23 AM MDT, 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 11:35 AM MDT, 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1135 AM MDT Wed Aug 21 2019 COZ058>089-093>099-221745- 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- 1135 AM MDT Wed Aug 21 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening across the southeast plains. High resolution model data late this morning continue to indicates thunderstorms will likely become strong to severe across the I-25 corridor this afternoon, especially across El Paso and Pueblo counties. This strong to severe weather activity is then expected to move east-southeast and move across the remainder of the plains, especially the highway 50 corridor, late this afternoon and evening. The best chance for strong to severe thunderstorm activity across El Paso and Pueblo counties will occur after 2 pm and last through through about 6 pm. Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to initiate prior to 3 pm across northern Teller county and then move southeast across the greater Colorado Springs metro area, and then move south-southeast towards the Pueblo area. The storms will then move east-southeast and affect the greater highway 50 corridor late this afternoon and evening. Strong wind gusts to 70 mph and ping pong size hail will be possible. A brief tornado or two cannot be ruled out. Flash flooding in urban areas will also be possible. Showers and thunderstorms will also occur across the mountains today. Any strong storms that develops over any of the burn scars will have the capability to produce flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible over and near the higher terrain Thursday afternoon, with storms spreading east across the southeast Plains through the late afternoon and evening hours. The main threats from storms will be lightning and gusty outflow winds, with small hail and locally heavy rainfall possible with the stronger storms. Warmer and drier weather looks to take hold once again for Friday through the weekend, with more isolated afternoon and evening storms expected across the area. The main storm risks will be lightning and gusty outflow winds. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be likely over the southeast plains, especially the urban corridor region of Pueblo and El Paso counties. Spotters activation may also be need across the eastern mountains this afternoon and evening. 34/34
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 11:58 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1158 AM MDT Wed Aug 21 2019 COZ067>071-211830- Southern San Luis Valley CO- Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft CO- Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft CO- 1158 AM MDT Wed Aug 21 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO GRANDE AND NORTH CENTRAL CONEJOS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM MDT... At 1158 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles south of Del Norte, or 30 miles west of Alamosa, moving northeast at 10 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Del Norte. LAT...LON 3720 10636 3755 10668 3774 10631 3733 10608 TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 232DEG 10KT 3750 10642 Hodanish
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 9:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 12:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Mineral | 119 min |
| Aug 21, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 1:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Teller | 111 min |
| Aug 21, 2:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 2:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 24 min |
| Aug 21, 2:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 40 min |
| Aug 21, 2:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 3:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 3:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 24 min |
| Aug 21, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 4:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 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.