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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2022, 2:06 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 2, 2022, 2:06 PM MDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2022, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 30
County Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 299 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
- 64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 2, 11:45 AM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 11:45 AM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1140 AM MDT Sat Jul 2 2022 COZ058>089-093>099-031745- 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- 1140 AM MDT Sat Jul 2 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop over the mountains early this afternoon and spread off into portions of the adjacent I-25 corridor after 3 PM. The main thunderstorm risks will be lightning, and locally heavy rainfall which will be capable of producing flash flooding on burn scars. Some small hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with the isolated stronger storms. An isolated strong to severe thunderstorm will be possible across Kiowa, Bent, Prowers and Baca counties late this afternoon and early evening. Hail to around 1 inch in diameter along with heavy rainfall will be the primary storm risks. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Scattered to widespread thunderstorms are likely Sunday through Wednesday, with the best coverage over the mountains. The primary storm risks will be locally heavy rainfall, which could produce flash flooding, especially on area burn scars. Lightning and small hail will also be possible with the stronger storms. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms will gradually become more isolated to widely scattered Thursday and Friday, with the highest coverage remaining over the higher terrain. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible over portions of the region. 10/SIMCOE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:06 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
206 PM MDT Sat Jul 2 2022
COZ072-087-022030-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft CO-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft CO-
206 PM MDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Huerfano
County through 230 PM MDT...
At 206 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
southeastern Spring Burn Scar north of Highway 160, moving northeast
at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Huerfano
County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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LAT...LON 3752 10506 3757 10517 3771 10507 3764 10491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 215DEG 6KT 3759 10509
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
EPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 3:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 4:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 43 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.