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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 18, 2021Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2021, 2:39 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 21 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 18, 2021, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 2021-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-396 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 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.

594 
WWUS85 KPUB 182039
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
239 PM MDT Sun Jul 18 2021
 
COZ098-182100-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County CO-
239 PM MDT Sun Jul 18 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL
300 PM MDT...

At 239 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles south of Lamar, moving south at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern
Prowers County.

LAT...LON 3795 10272 3793 10259 3779 10258 3776 10269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 008DEG 15KT 3787 10267 

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas27 min
Jul 17, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent27 min
Jul 17, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso14 min
Jul 17, 6:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent20 min
Jul 17, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo30 min
Jul 17, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent28 min
Jul 17, 6:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo40 min
Jul 17, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo31 min
Jul 17, 7:01 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 17, 7:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas3 hr
Jul 17, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo30 min
Jul 17, 7:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero18 min
Jul 17, 7:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero32 min
Jul 17, 8:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley22 min
Jul 17, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero45 min
Jul 18, 1:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller18 min
Jul 18, 1:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa69 min
Jul 18, 2:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers24 min
Jul 18, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers75 min
Jul 18, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers32 min
Jul 18, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa16 min
Jul 18, 3:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa10 min
Jul 18, 3:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB24 min
Jul 18, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers45 min
Jul 18, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers46 min
Jul 18, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca15 min
Jul 18, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca15 min
Jul 18, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca52 min
Jul 18, 4:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca, Bent35 min
Jul 18, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca60 min
Jul 18, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley30 min
Jul 18, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero25 min
Jul 18, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa37 min
Jul 18, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso, Las Animas, Pueblo43 min
Jul 18, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB32 min
Jul 18, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca19 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.