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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 27, 2020Alamosa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2020, 2:03 PM MDT for Alamosa County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2020, 2:03 PM MDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2020, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Alamosa County, CO

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2020-06-27Temperature 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 2020-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 27, 11:23 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 11:23 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 11:28 AM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1128 AM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020

COZ058>089-093>099-281730-
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-
1128 AM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across
the mountains this afternoon, with storms lifting north and east
across the adjacent plains through the late afternoon and out across
the far southeast plains into the evening. The main risks from the
storms over Kiowa, Bent, and Prowers Counties will be 1 inch hail
and 60 mph winds, whereas the main risks from the storms over
eastern Las Animas and Baca Counties are 60 mph winds and nickel
sized hail. All the storms will have cloud to ground lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Isolated, high-based mountain thunderstorms are possible Sunday
afternoon, with a limited chance of one making it to the I-25
corridor. Lightning and gusty outflow winds of around 45 mph will be
the primary threats with any storms that do form.

Fire danger increases into the early part of the week. as spotty
critical fire weather conditions are expected on Sunday with more
widespread conditions anticipated for Monday and Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

SKELLY/29

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:44 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:48 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:03 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso50 min
Jun 26, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano43 min
Jun 26, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano27 min
Jun 26, 7:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo37 min
Jun 26, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers25 min
Jun 26, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers50 min
Jun 26, 8:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa43 min
Jun 26, 8:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers64 min
Jun 27, 1:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas31 min
Jun 27, 1:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo42 min
Jun 27, 1:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache25 min
Jun 27, 2:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB23 min
Jun 27, 2:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso44 min
Jun 27, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo36 min
Jun 27, 2:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB30 min
Jun 27, 3:10 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUBAlamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more24 hr
Jun 27, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo31 min
Jun 27, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo27 min
Jun 27, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso18 min
Jun 27, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo46 min
Jun 27, 4:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley46 min
Jun 27, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero43 min
Jun 27, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa44 min

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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.