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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 23, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2021, 6:13 PM MDT for El Paso 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 23, 2021, 6:13 PM MDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

238 
WWUS85 KPUB 240013
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
613 PM MDT Fri Jul 23 2021
 
COZ081>083-085-240045-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County CO-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 Ft CO-Pikes Peak above 11000 Ft CO-
Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And
11000 Ft CO-
613 PM MDT Fri Jul 23 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN FREMONT...SOUTHEASTERN
TELLER AND SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT...

At 612 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Fort Carson, or 8 miles south of Colorado Springs, moving southwest 
at 25 mph. Heavy rain may cause localized standing and streaming 
water on roads. 

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Southwestern Colorado Springs, Fountain, Fort Carson, Stratmoor,
Security and Security-Widefield.

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 3882 10475 3866 10465 3853 10495 3873 10505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 065DEG 20KT 3871 10480 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso46 min
Jul 23, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee44 min
Jul 23, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBMineral62 min
Jul 23, 6:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller2 hr
Jul 23, 7:03 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBChaffee, Fremont, Saguache3 hr
Jul 23, 7:14 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBChaffee3 hr
Jul 23, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont60 min
Jul 23, 7:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBChaffee, Fremont3 hr
Jul 23, 7:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBFremont117 min
Jul 23, 7:38 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBChaffee, Saguache2 hr
Jul 23, 7:46 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBFremont, Saguache2 hr
Jul 23, 7:49 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBFremont, Saguache2 hr
Jul 24, 3:43 AM MDTFlood WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 5 more5 min
Jul 24, 3:53 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 7 more17 hr
Jul 24, 1:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo49 min
Jul 24, 1:39 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo6 hr
Jul 24, 2:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont39 min
Jul 24, 3:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo47 min
Jul 24, 4:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo3 hr
Jul 24, 4:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster62 min
Jul 24, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache48 min
Jul 24, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo40 min
Jul 24, 5:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Saguache3 hr

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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.