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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2021Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2021, 5:13 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 12, 2021, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 258 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 2021-06-12Temperature 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
2724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

078 
WWUS85 KPUB 122313
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
513 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
 
COZ093-094-130000-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO-
513 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OTERO AND
NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM MDT...

At 512 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Thatcher, or 35 miles southwest of La Junta, moving northeast at 10
mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Timpas and Delhi. 

LAT...LON 3744 10390 3762 10403 3785 10378 3762 10347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 227DEG 9KT 3756 10391 

$$

kam

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero37 min
Jun 12, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas48 min
Jun 12, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas34 min
Jun 12, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero38 min
Jun 12, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero47 min

Nearby

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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.