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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 6:39 PM MDT for Alamosa County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 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 24, 2021, 6:39 PM MDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Alamosa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
053 WWUS85 KPUB 250039 SPSPUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 639 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021 COZ069-070-250130- Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- 639 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ALAMOSA... NORTHEASTERN RIO GRANDE AND SOUTH CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT... At 638 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a heavy rain producing thunderstorm near Center, or 21 miles northwest of Alamosa, moving northwest at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and torrential rainfall will be possible with this storm. Rainfall rates of up to 2 inches per hour will be possible with this storm. Localized minor flooding will be possible on rural roads between Hooper and Center with this storm. Locations impacted include... Center and Hooper. 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 3778 10583 3762 10592 3772 10624 3794 10612 TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 113DEG 11KT 3776 10604 $$ KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Saguache | 92 min |
| Jul 25, 12:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 21 min |
| Jul 25, 12:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 3:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 68 min |
| Jul 25, 4:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 57 min |
| Jul 25, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Douglas | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 5:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 53 min |
| Jul 25, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 5:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont, Saguache | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Otero, Pueblo | 47 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.