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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 9, 2021Fremont County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 2:21 PM MDT for Fremont County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 9, 2021, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Fremont County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 264 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-533 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

706 
WWUS85 KPUB 092021
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
221 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021
 
COZ072-076>078-092045-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft CO-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft CO-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft CO-
Northwestern Fremont County  Above 8500Ft CO-
221 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT AND NORTH
CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

At 221 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Cotopaxi, or 7 miles northeast of Hayden Pass Burn Scar, moving
southeast at 20 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Texas Creek, Coaldale, Cotopaxi and Hillside. 

LAT...LON 3839 10577 3848 10567 3830 10536 3817 10558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 314DEG 18KT 3839 10567 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla46 min
Jul 9, 2:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca49 min
Jul 9, 2:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster17 min
Jul 9, 3:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla40 min
Jul 9, 3:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso48 min
Jul 9, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo44 min
Jul 9, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster40 min
Jul 9, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont39 min
Jul 9, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla38 min
Jul 9, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo44 min
Jul 9, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa40 min
Jul 9, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache39 min
Jul 9, 5:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo50 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.