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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

March 29, 2025Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Mar 29, 2025, 7:03 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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: Mar 29, 2025, 7:03 PM MDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2025, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 50

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 395 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Mar 29, 5:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 5:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 4:25 AM MDT, 14 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 2:45 PM MDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 29, 5:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 29, 6:09 PM MDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 29, 6:42 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
642 PM MDT Sat Mar 29 2025

COZ093-094-097-300115-
Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County CO-Eastern Las Animas County CO-
La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO-
642 PM MDT Sat Mar 29 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN OTERO...
NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM
MDT...

At 642 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles south of Higbee, or 28 miles south of North La Junta, moving
northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Higbee.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3734 10353 3760 10374 3794 10336 3777 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 214DEG 21KT 3757 10347

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Hodanish

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 7:03 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
703 PM MDT Sat Mar 29 2025

COZ086-089-093-300130-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-Crowley County CO-
La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO-
703 PM MDT Sat Mar 29 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN OTERO...
SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM
MDT...

At 703 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles southwest of Fowler, or 26 miles southeast of Pueblo Airport,
moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Fowler.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3791 10426 3805 10432 3816 10389 3790 10382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 258DEG 22KT 3798 10421

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	36 min
Mar 29, 6:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	33 min
Mar 29, 7:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	26 min
Mar 29, 7:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	20 min
Mar 29, 8:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	29 min
Mar 29, 9:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	29 min
Mar 30, 3:06 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more	24 hr
Mar 30, 3:06 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero and 3 more	42 hr
Mar 30, 1:50 PM MDT	High Wind Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano and 6 more	24 hr

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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.