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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this frost advisory at May 3, 2024, 1:31 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It took effect at May 4, 2024, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2024, 1:31 PM MDT (19:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2024, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2024, 9:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 421 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
- 1654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at May 3, 11:48 AM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 11:48 AM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 11:51 AM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1151 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024 COZ058>089-093>099-041800- 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- 1151 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Isolated showers and thunderstorms can be expected across the southeast plains this afternoon and evening. One or two storms, generally north and east of a La Junta to Kim line, could become severe, producing gusty winds of up to 60 mph and large hail up to the size of half dollars. Gusty winds and low afternoon humidity levels will develop critical fire weather conditions across the San Luis Valley once again this afternoon and early evening. Please avoid all outdoor activities that could start a fire. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue to be possible across the higher terrain and immediate adjacent plains on Saturday, then will be more restricted to the Continental Divide starting Sunday. Accumulating snow will be possible across the higher peaks of the Continental Divide Sunday night through Monday, with 2 to 4 inches of new snow forecast. High fire danger will likely return to portions of the area starting Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible over portions of the region. STEWARD/31
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 22 min |
| May 3, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 27 min |
| May 3, 2:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 37 min |
| May 3, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 22 min |
| May 3, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 31 min |
| May 3, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 3, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 30 min | |
| May 3, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 26 min |
| May 3, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 34 min |
| May 3, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| May 3, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 51 min |
| May 3, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 55 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.