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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 2, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2021, 4:13 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
May 2, 2021, 4:13 PM MDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-02Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -89 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

119 
WWUS85 KPUB 022213
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
413 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021
 
COZ085-086-022245-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 Ft CO-
413 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO AND NORTH
CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

At 413 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northwest of Pueblo West, or 16 miles northwest of Pueblo,
moving northeast at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Fountain, Pinon and Pueblo West. 

LAT...LON 3834 10481 3855 10492 3870 10466 3843 10443
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 240DEG 22KT 3846 10479 

$$

kam

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 4:01 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUBCuster, El Paso, Huerfano, Pueblo, Teller40 hr
May 2, 1:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso34 min
May 2, 1:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso27 min
May 2, 1:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso25 min
May 2, 1:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso23 min
May 2, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo44 min
May 2, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo45 min
May 2, 2:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo57 min
May 2, 2:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero, Pueblo51 min
May 2, 2:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo38 min
May 2, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero53 min
May 2, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero32 min
May 2, 3:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont38 min
May 2, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas72 min
May 2, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers52 min
May 2, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca28 min
May 2, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero44 min
May 2, 4:25 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBBent, Prowers35 min
May 2, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca28 min
May 2, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers61 min
May 2, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca39 min
May 2, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers45 min
May 2, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers34 min
May 2, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley17 min
May 2, 5:24 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers51 min
May 2, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca48 min

Nearby

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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.