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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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 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
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 2:04 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 6:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas, Pueblo | 109 min |
| Aug 21, 8:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 10:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 10:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 10:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 3:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Conejos | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Douglas | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 2:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 43 min |
| Aug 22, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 4:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 4:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 25 min |
| Aug 22, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 40 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.