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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 9, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 9, 2021, 12:49 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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 9, 2021, 12:49 PM MDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2021, 1:30 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 303 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 2021-05-09Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

693 
WWUS85 KPUB 091849
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1249 PM MDT Sun May 9 2021
 
COZ074-088-094-091930-
Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
1249 PM MDT Sun May 9 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
UNTIL 130 PM MDT...

At 1248 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northeast of Sugarite Canyon State Park, or 13 miles southeast
of Trinidad, moving east at 30 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Branson and Trinchera. 

LAT...LON 3713 10441 3719 10381 3700 10380 3699 10440
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 268DEG 25KT 3705 10432 

$$

EP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 6:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca37 min
May 8, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas55 min
May 8, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers46 min
May 8, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca72 min
May 8, 7:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa, Prowers42 min
May 8, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca61 min
May 8, 8:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers39 min
May 9, 1:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas52 min
May 9, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas41 min
May 9, 2:46 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller18 hr
May 9, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
May 9, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas37 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.