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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2020, 1:20 PM MDT for Chaffee County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 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
- Jul 4, 2020, 1:20 PM MDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2020, 2:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Chaffee County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 Jul 4, 11:25 AM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 11:25 AM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1132 AM MDT Sat Jul 4 2020 COZ058>089-093>099-051745- 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- 1132 AM MDT Sat Jul 4 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms are expected over much of southern Colorado through this evening. The highest risk of severe storms will be this afternoon through around 9 PM for much of the eastern Colorado plains. The area along the I-25 corridor east, to a Haswell to Kim line, will see the greatest potential for severe thunderstorms. Main hazards will be hail to the size of golf balls and wind gusts to around 60 mph. Given the likely slow moving storms, can't rule out the possibility for flash flooding, which will include all area burn scars. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Scattered to numerous afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms will be possible on Sunday. One or two storms could briefly becoming strong to severe across the southeast mountains and plains. Hail up to the size of quarters, wind gusts up to 60 mph and lightning will be the primary storm risks. Thunderstorms will also be capable of producing locally heavy rainfall which will pose a localized flash flood risk, especially for newer burn scars and urban areas. The atmosphere will gradually dry out for Monday through Wednesday with isolated to scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms becoming more isolated and restricted to mountain areas for Tuesday and Wednesday. The main thunderstorm risks will be gusty winds up to 45 mph, lightning and brief light to moderate rainfall. A prolonged period of hot weather will settle in for mid to late week with afternoon temperatures soaring to between 100 and 105 across the plains. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible across all of southeast Colorado this afternoon and evening. 88/88
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 7:22 AM MDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 3, 6:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 3:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 3:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 5:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 100 min |
| Jul 4, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 5:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 26 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.