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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 22, 2019Huerfano County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2019, 2:04 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 22, 2019, 2:04 PM MDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2019, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Huerfano County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 260 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 2019-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 316 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2019-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
316 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Aug 22, 11:25 AM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 11:25 AM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 11:46 AM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1146 AM MDT Thu Aug 22 2019

COZ058>089-093>099-231800-
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 Thu Aug 22 2019

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon through Tonight

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and
evening.  Storms are expected over the mountains, high valleys, and
portions of the I-25 corridor through the afternoon, and then are
expected to move across the southeast plains in the evening.
Lightning and gusty outflow winds up to 45 mph will be the primary
storm threats. However, one or two stronger storms will be
capable of producing hail up to the size of quarters, and locally
heavy rain. The best chance for stronger storms will be across El
Paso county.

If heavy rain moves over a recent burn scar, or an urban areas,
flash flooding will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible
over and near the higher terrain Friday afternoon, with storms
spreading east into a more unstable atmosphere across the far
southeast Plains through the late afternoon and evening. A few
strong to severe storms producing large hail, strong and damaging
winds and locally heavy rainfall, will be possible across the far
southeast Plains, while the main threats from most storms will be
lightning and gusty outflow winds.

Warmer and drier weather looks to take hold once again for Saturday
into the early next week, with more isolated afternoon and evening
storms possible. The main storm risks will be lightning and gusty
outflow winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be
possible this afternoon and evening over southeast and south central
Colorado.

Hodanish

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 6:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBLas Animas, Pueblo109 min
Aug 21, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent30 min
Aug 21, 10:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero35 min
Aug 21, 10:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert25 min
Aug 21, 10:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
Aug 22, 3:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca33 min
Aug 22, 2:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos32 min
Aug 22, 2:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBDouglas30 min
Aug 22, 2:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo34 min
Aug 22, 3:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont43 min
Aug 22, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso34 min
Aug 22, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont32 min
Aug 22, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller31 min
Aug 22, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso35 min
Aug 22, 4:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Aug 22, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller29 min
Aug 22, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller25 min
Aug 22, 5:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
Aug 22, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 min
Aug 22, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019

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.