Alert archive / Colorado / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2021, 2:04 PM MDT for Saguache 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 17, 2021, 2:04 PM MDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2021, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 249 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
321 WWUS85 KPUB 172004 SPSPUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 204 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021 COZ065-069-172045- Saguache County East of Continental Divide below 10000 Ft CO- Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- 204 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ALAMOSA AND SOUTH CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT... At 202 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Saguache to Hooper. Movement was northeast at 10 mph. Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms. This activity is developing in an environment that could support brief funnel clouds, or perhaps a brief, weak tornado. While highly uncertain, if a tornado were to develop, localized damage could occur. Please monitor the latest information from the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Locations impacted include... Saguache and Moffat. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3828 10597 3775 10575 3775 10602 3818 10622 TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 227DEG 7KT 3816 10610 3774 10587 $$ Cohen
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 35 min |
| May 16, 6:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 43 min |
| May 16, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 70 min |
| May 16, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 62 min |
| May 16, 6:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 45 min |
| May 16, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 14 min |
| May 16, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| May 16, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 11 min |
| May 16, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 45 min |
| May 16, 7:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 28 min |
| May 16, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 36 min |
| May 16, 7:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| May 16, 7:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 29 min |
| May 16, 7:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 27 min |
| May 16, 7:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| May 16, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 13 min |
| May 16, 7:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:19 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 17, 11:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 25 min |
| May 17, 12:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| May 17, 12:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 34 min |
| May 17, 12:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| May 17, 12:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 28 min |
| May 17, 12:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 32 min |
| May 17, 1:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 26 min |
| May 17, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 45 min |
| May 17, 1:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 28 min |
| May 17, 1:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 34 min |
| May 17, 1:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 32 min |
| May 17, 1:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 30 min |
| May 17, 1:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 51 min |
| May 17, 1:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| May 17, 1:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 28 min |
| May 17, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 32 min |
| May 17, 2:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 37 min |
| May 17, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| May 17, 2:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 17, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| May 17, 2:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 46 min |
| May 17, 2:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 47 min |
| May 17, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 43 min |
| May 17, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 min |
| May 17, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 47 min |
| May 17, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 44 min |
| May 17, 3:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont | 118 min |
| May 17, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 54 min |
| May 17, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 46 min |
| May 17, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 15 min |
| May 17, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 44 min |
| May 17, 4:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 43 min |
| May 17, 4:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| May 17, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 18 min |
| May 17, 4:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 46 min |
| May 17, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 24 min |
| May 17, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 26 min |
| May 17, 5:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 108 min |
| May 17, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 49 min |
| May 17, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 45 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.