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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2022, 1:20 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 29, 2022, 1:20 PM MDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2022, 1:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 55
- Spout
- Possible
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 172 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
- 3037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 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 Apr 29, 11:37 AM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 11:37 AM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1117 AM MDT Fri Apr 29 2022 COZ058>089-093>099-301730- 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- 1117 AM MDT Fri Apr 29 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Strong west to northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph, with gusts of 50 to 60 mph are expected today, with widespread critical to extreme fire weather conditions across most of south central and southeast Colorado. Some areas of blowing dust with visibility dropping below a mile at times will also be possible today, especially across the San Luis Valley and southeast plains. Isolated thunderstorms are possible across Kiowa County and northern Prowers County this afternoon, with lightning, gusty winds, and small hail being the main storm hazards. There is a small risk for a severe thunderstorm to occur, as well. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday One or two strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across the far southeast plains Sunday afternoon, with the main storm threats being strong wind gusts and large hail. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible across northern portions of the area, generally along and north of the Highway 50 Corridor, later Sunday and Monday and again later Tuesday and Wednesday, as a few weather systems move across the Rockies. The movement of these systems will bring periods of generally light snowfall to portions of the Continental Divide, especially the higher terrain of the Central Mountains, later Sunday and Monday, with light snow accumulations also possible Tuesday and Wednesday. The movement of these systems will also bring ebbs and flows in critical fire weather conditions across the area, with more widespread Red Flag conditions possible across the San Luis Valley into the I-25 Corridor on Sunday and again on Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible over the San Luis Valley and southeast plains today. COHEN/10/23
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 29, 8:57 AM MDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
857 AM MDT FRI APR 29 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0826 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 ESE WESTON 37.09N 104.92W
04/29/2022 M56 MPH LAS ANIMAS CO MESONET
MESONET STATION CUHC2 BOSQUE.
&&Local storm report, Apr 29, 9:49 AM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:58 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Custer, Fremont, Las Animas and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 2:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 2:56 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Huerfano and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:20 PM MDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:46 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Bent | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 4:00 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers | 90 min |
| Apr 29, 4:29 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers | 2 hr |
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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.