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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, 3:04 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 28, 2021, 3:04 PM MDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 276 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 2021-05-28Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

968 
WWUS85 KPUB 282104
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
304 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021
 
COZ088-093-094-282145-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
304 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTERO AND CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT...

At 304 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles southeast of Thatcher, or 42 miles northeast of Trinidad,
moving northwest at 20 mph.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Otero
and central Las Animas Counties.

LAT...LON 3740 10359 3728 10373 3739 10413 3766 10389
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 116DEG 17KT 3740 10380 

$$

kam

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 2:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
May 28, 2:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas29 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.