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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 22, 2021Alamosa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2021, 5:21 PM MDT for Alamosa County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Alamosa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 267 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-22Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

142 
WWUS85 KPUB 222321
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
521 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021
 
COZ069-070-072-230000-
Alamosa  Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft CO-
521 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ALAMOSA AND SOUTHEASTERN
SAGUACHE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM MDT...

At 521 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Moffat to near San Luis Lake. Movement was
southwest at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Moffat, Hooper, Mosca, and San Luis Lake. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 10612 3752 10588 3765 10555 3805 10583
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 057DEG 15KT 3798 10586 3770 10566 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 6:19 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 21, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos39 min
Jul 21, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla46 min
Jul 21, 7:00 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 22, 2:42 AM MDTFlood WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache6 min
Jul 22, 2:54 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache18 hr
Jul 22, 1:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande62 min
Jul 22, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache46 min
Jul 22, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBMineral60 min
Jul 22, 3:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCostilla3 hr
Jul 22, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache54 min
Jul 22, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBSaguache35 min
Jul 22, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBSaguache19 min
Jul 22, 4:29 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBFremont, Saguache3 hr
Jul 22, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster46 min
Jul 22, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache32 min
Jul 22, 5:06 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas3 hr
Jul 22, 5:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBSaguache3 hr
Jul 22, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa46 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.