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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 23, 2021Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Apr 23, 2021, 3:53 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 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
Apr 23, 2021, 3:53 PM MDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

083 
WWUS85 KPUB 232153
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
353 PM MDT Fri Apr 23 2021
 
COZ099-232245-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-
353 PM MDT Fri Apr 23 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL
445 PM MDT...

At 353 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Campo, or 24 miles northwest of Boise City, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Campo.

LAT...LON 3700 10277 3705 10282 3736 10248 3715 10227
      3699 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 231DEG 19KT 3705 10270 

$$

CS/KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 3:55 AM MDTFire Weather WatchPUBAlamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas, Rio Grande and 1 more11 hr
Apr 23, 2:58 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUBAlamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 13 more24 hr
Apr 23, 2:58 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUBAlamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 13 more37 hr
Apr 23, 2:58 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas, Rio Grande and 1 more29 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.