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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 15, 2021Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2021, 6:39 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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 15, 2021, 6:39 PM MDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

945 
WWUS85 KPUB 160039
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
639 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
 
COZ093-094-097>099-160115-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County CO-
Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County CO-Eastern Las Animas County CO-
La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO-
639 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO...SOUTHWESTERN
PROWERS...NORTHWESTERN BACA...NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHERN
BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM MDT...

At 639 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles west of Two Buttes Reservoir, or 23 miles northwest of
Springfield, moving east at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Two Buttes Reservoir.

LAT...LON 3758 10351 3793 10338 3777 10239 3745 10242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 280DEG 11KT 3767 10288 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 6:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent46 min
Jul 15, 6:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas33 min
Jul 15, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas29 min
Jul 15, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero28 min
Jul 15, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso53 min
Jul 15, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas32 min
Jul 15, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas29 min
Jul 15, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas28 min
Jul 15, 7:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo41 min
Jul 15, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero29 min
Jul 15, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero17 min
Jul 15, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas31 min
Jul 15, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca45 min
Jul 15, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas12 min
Jul 15, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas29 min
Jul 15, 8:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas32 min
Jul 15, 8:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano52 min
Jul 15, 11:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso35 min
Jul 15, 11:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso47 min
Jul 16, 1:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano44 min
Jul 16, 2:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano48 min
Jul 16, 3:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller23 min
Jul 16, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas22 min
Jul 16, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso18 min
Jul 16, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo14 min
Jul 16, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont27 min
Jul 16, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas24 min
Jul 16, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo15 min
Jul 16, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero12 min
Jul 16, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero12 min
Jul 16, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo31 min
Jul 16, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero30 min
Jul 16, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 min
Jul 16, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent19 min
Jul 16, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso43 min
Jul 16, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero24 min
Jul 16, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB23 min
Jul 16, 5:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley20 min
Jul 16, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo13 min
Jul 16, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley9 min
Jul 16, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa23 min
Jul 16, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley, Otero41 min
Jul 16, 5:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller33 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.