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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 28, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2021, 2:11 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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 28, 2021, 2:11 PM MDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2021, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 295 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 2021-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 189 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-416 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

085 
WWUS85 KPUB 282011
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
211 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021
 
COZ088-094-282045-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
211 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

At 211 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Branson, or 23 miles north of Des Moines, moving north at 15 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 3727 10409 3727 10375 3700 10381 3700 10402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 177DEG 14KT 3710 10392 

$$

kam

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 2:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas29 min
May 28, 3:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas41 min
May 28, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas35 min
May 28, 3:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas22 min
May 28, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero23 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.