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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 2, 2021Costilla County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2021, 4:11 PM MDT for Costilla 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
Jul 2, 2021, 4:11 PM MDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Costilla County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 266 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-07-02Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

556 
WWUS85 KPUB 022211
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
411 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021
 
COZ074-088-022245-
Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
411 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

At 411 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles southwest of Segundo, or 24 miles southwest of Trinidad, moving
south at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Stonewall, Segundo and Weston. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10512 3720 10509 3715 10473 3699 10474
      3699 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 016DEG 8KT 3700 10489 

$$

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, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas43 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, 4:33 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

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.