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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 16, 2021Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 16, 2021, 2:17 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 13 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 16, 2021, 2:17 PM MDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2021, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2021-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 215 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-294 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

103 
WWUS85 KPUB 162017
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
217 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
 
COZ081-162030-
Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And
11000 Ft CO-
217 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 216 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Florissant, or 24 miles west of Colorado Springs, moving east at 5
mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts of 30 to 35 mph will be possible with 
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Florissant and Divide. 

LAT...LON 3892 10511 3889 10533 3899 10533 3903 10512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 278DEG 5KT 3897 10525 

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca41 min
May 15, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers29 min
May 15, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca23 min
May 15, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero64 min
May 15, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca41 min
May 15, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent53 min
May 15, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers64 min
May 15, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca32 min
May 15, 7:01 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent17 min
May 15, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent46 min
May 15, 7:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca57 min
May 15, 7:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa18 min
May 15, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers30 min
May 15, 8:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa49 min
May 15, 8:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa45 min
May 15, 8:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa31 min
May 15, 9:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa29 min
May 15, 10:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa45 min
May 16, 1:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller16 min
May 16, 1:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller27 min
May 16, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca26 min
May 16, 1:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas39 min
May 16, 2:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca31 min
May 16, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas11 min
May 16, 2:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas31 min
May 16, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas34 min
May 16, 2:44 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBHuerfano3 hr
May 16, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano27 min
May 16, 2:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley32 min
May 16, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano14 min
May 16, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 min
May 16, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano31 min
May 16, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster30 min
May 16, 3:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller28 min
May 16, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo27 min
May 16, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano51 min
May 16, 3:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo33 min
May 16, 3:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano40 min
May 16, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano51 min
May 16, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo26 min
May 16, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo24 min
May 16, 3:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas53 min
May 16, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers36 min
May 16, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas42 min
May 16, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley37 min
May 16, 4:13 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley32 min
May 16, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo55 min
May 16, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers28 min
May 16, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa38 min
May 16, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas68 min
May 16, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo64 min
May 16, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa68 min
May 16, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo78 min
May 16, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley62 min
May 16, 4:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo42 min
May 16, 4:49 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo88 min
May 16, 4:59 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley46 min
May 16, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo18 min
May 16, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster49 min
May 16, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo31 min
May 16, 5:33 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa42 min
May 16, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero63 min
May 16, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers61 min
May 16, 5:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley42 min
May 16, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo38 min
May 16, 5:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent49 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.