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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2023, 10:09 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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 8, 2023, 10:09 PM MDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2023, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 40
County Bent County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 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 8, 9:53 PM MDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 9:53 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1121 AM MDT Sat Jul 8 2023 COZ058>089-093>099-091730- 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- 1121 AM MDT Sat Jul 8 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Strong to severe thunderstorms will develop this afternoon across the southeast mountains and adjacent plains. The main risk with thunderstorms will be hail up to around 2 inches in diameter, wind gusts up to 70 mph, and an isolated tornado. Localized flash flooding will be possible under the more intense thunderstorms. The greatest risk for severe thunderstorms will be along and east of I- 25 between 3 PM and 10 PM, however, isolated severe thunderstorms with the potential to produce large hail may linger across the far southeastern plains through 2 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Strong to severe storms will remain possible across the plains Sunday and Monday, especially near the Kansas border. The primary hazards with any storm that develops will be large hail and severe winds, though a tornado can not be ruled out. Elevated fire weather conditions are expected over the Continental Divide Region, San Luis Valley and Upper Arkansas River Valley, with gusty southwest winds and low daytime humidities expected. Temperatures will increase this week to above average values, and could lead to a higher heat risk and heat related issues, particularly across the San Luis Valley region. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible over portions of the region. 10/10
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 6:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 6:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 6:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 7:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 7:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 7:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 7:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 7:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 7:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Pueblo | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 7:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 8:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 8:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 22 min |
| Jul 8, 8:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 8:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 8:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 22 min |
| Jul 8, 8:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 22 min |
| Jul 8, 8:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 8:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 8:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 8:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 8:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 9:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 9:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 9:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 9:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 9:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 9:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 47 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.