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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2022, 3:49 PM MDT for Teller 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
- May 23, 2022, 3:49 PM MDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2022, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 30
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 May 23, 3:43 PM MDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 3:43 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1145 AM MDT Mon May 23 2022 COZ058>089-093>099-241745- 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- 1145 AM MDT Mon May 23 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A few strong to briefly severe thunderstorms will be possible across Baca County this afternoon, with winds of 50 to 60 mph and hail up to 1 inch possible. Rain and high elevation snow showers will be develop by mid- afternoon across the mountains, valleys and I-25 corridor, then become widespread over much of the area this evening and overnight. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible over the region this afternoon and tonight, with lightning, gusty winds, and some small hail the main storm risks. Accumulating snowfall is expected over the higher peaks today and tonight. Heavy snow is likely over the crest of the Sangre De Cristo Range, the summit of Pikes Peak and the higher portions of the Wet Mountains, generally above 10000 feet with some lighter accumulations down to 8500 feet. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Additional light to moderate snow accumulations will be possible over the higher peaks of the southeast Colorado mountains on Tuesday, as showers and thunderstorms continue across the region behind a passing weather system. The main threats from storms would be lightning and locally heavy rainfall. Warmer and drier conditions are expected to return to all of south central and southeast Colorado through the middle of the work week, with breezy conditions and chances of afternoon showers and storms returning for Friday and into the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. The warm and breezy conditions will lead to increasing fire danger once again, especially for the southwest mountains and into the San Luis Valley. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible over portions of the region. 06/06
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 3:49 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 12:56 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas and 2 more | 31 hr |
| May 23, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 66 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.