Alert archive / Colorado / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2021, 3:51 PM MDT for Saguache County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 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 22, 2021, 3:51 PM MDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
797
WWUS85 KPUB 222151
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
351 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021
COZ060-064>066-069-072-073-222245-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft CO-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide below 10000 Ft CO-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft CO-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft CO-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Ft CO-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft CO-
351 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
At 349 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Villa Grove, or 9 miles south of Decker Burn Scar, moving west at 15
mph. Torrential rain is being observed over portions northern and
northwestern Saguache County. Enhanced stream flows are possible in
streams and drainages. The stronger cells in the line of
thunderstorms may produces half inch hail and winds in excess on 30-
40 mph.
Locations impacted include...
Bonanza and Villa Grove.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3839 10593 3822 10588 3815 10614 3792 10666
3800 10684 3839 10626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 078DEG 11KT 3830 10600
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Conejos | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 6:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 7:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:42 AM MDT | Flood Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 6 min |
| Jul 22, 2:54 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 18 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Rio Grande | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Mineral | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 3:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Saguache | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Saguache | 19 min |
| Jul 22, 4:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont, Saguache | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 5:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 5:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Saguache | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.