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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 6, 2021Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2021, 6:13 PM MDT for Pueblo 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
Jul 6, 2021, 6:13 PM MDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 288 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 2021-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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 2021-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

068 
WWUS85 KPUB 070013
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
613 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021
 
COZ074-086>088-070100-
Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
613 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HUERFANO...WESTERN LAS
ANIMAS AND SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT...

At 612 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 16 miles south of Salt Creek to 7 miles
northeast of Walsenburg to Boncarbo to 13 miles south of Stonewall.
Movement was southeast at 20 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with 
these storms.  In addition, locally heavy rainfall will be possible, 
which could lead to areas of flash flooding.

Locations impacted include...
Southwestern Pueblo, Trinidad, Walsenburg, Aguilar, Cokedale,
Starkville, Gulnare, Raton Pass, Hoehne, Boncarbo, Segundo, Weston
and Colorado City.

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 3725 10484 3777 10489 3826 10472 3811 10419
      3758 10435 3699 10437 3699 10501
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 318DEG 19KT 3802 10469 3772 10469 3721 10468
3697 10493

$$

kam

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo31 min
Jul 6, 8:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo101 min
Jul 6, 9:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller3 hr

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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.