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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 15, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2021, 8:13 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 8:13 PM MDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2021, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 298 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 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, Amarillo Airport, TX 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.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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1769 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
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

397 
WWUS85 KPUB 160213
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
813 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
 
COZ074-088-094-160245-
Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
813 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM MDT...

At 813 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Trinchera, or 24 miles east of Trinidad, moving southwest at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Trinchera.

LAT...LON 3719 10411 3710 10392 3699 10398 3699 10431
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 031DEG 17KT 3709 10407 

$$

Hodanish

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, 6:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent36 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, 8:38 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.