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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 3, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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 3, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2021-07-03Temperature 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 2021-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 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.

487 
WWUS85 KPUB 032100
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
300 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021
 
COZ084-085-032145-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 Ft CO-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
CO-
300 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM MDT...

At 300 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Black Forest, or 13 miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving
southeast at 5 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Northeastern Colorado Springs, Black Forest, Falcon and Cimarron
Hills.

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 3899 10484 3909 10470 3898 10448 3884 10470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 315DEG 6KT 3899 10470 

$$

Rodriguez

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas43 min
Jul 2, 9:49 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBChaffee116 min
Jul 3, 2:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller50 min
Jul 3, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Teller46 min
Jul 3, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont50 min
Jul 3, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont47 min
Jul 3, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller37 min
Jul 3, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
Jul 3, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano35 min
Jul 3, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso36 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas31 min
Jul 3, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller46 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.