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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 1, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2021, 7:32 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 1, 2021, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 284 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

516 
WWUS85 KPUB 020132
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
732 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
 
COZ074-087-088-020215-
Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
732 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO AND
NORTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM MDT...

At 732 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 16 miles northwest of Tyrone to 15 miles
northeast of Gulnare to near Aguilar. Movement was southeast at 5
mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Aguilar and Tyrone. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 10406 3733 10427 3723 10462 3744 10484
      3751 10459 3771 10442
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 304DEG 6KT 3762 10441 3748 10453 3743 10468 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero42 min
Jul 1, 6:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster37 min
Jul 1, 6:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont37 min
Jul 1, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero44 min
Jul 1, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont39 min
Jul 1, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero34 min
Jul 1, 7:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBOtero2 hr
Jul 1, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont46 min
Jul 1, 8:52 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBChaffee, Fremont, Saguache2 hr
Jul 1, 9:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo2 hr
Jul 1, 9:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo3 hr
Jul 1, 10:27 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBChaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Teller66 min
Jul 2, 12:58 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBChaffee3 hr
Jul 2, 3:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano45 min
Jul 2, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster44 min
Jul 2, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont43 min
Jul 2, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla34 min
Jul 2, 4:33 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 2, 4:52 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 2, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla41 min
Jul 2, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCostilla18 min
Jul 2, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano30 min
Jul 2, 5:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano97 min
Jul 2, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas23 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.