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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 18, 2021

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2021, 5:13 PM MDT. 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 18, 2021, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 273 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

158 
WWUS85 KPUB 182313
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
513 PM MDT Sun Jul 18 2021
 
COZ094-099-182345-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-Eastern Las Animas County CO-
513 PM MDT Sun Jul 18 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BACA AND
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT...

At 513 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles north of Kenton to 16 miles west of
Kim. Movement was southwest at 20 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Kim.

LAT...LON 3721 10399 3741 10338 3700 10270 3700 10377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 035DEG 16KT 3699 10300 3733 10363 

$$

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, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers21 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, 5:26 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.