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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 30, 2021Alamosa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2021, 4:13 PM MDT for Alamosa 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 30, 2021, 4:13 PM MDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Alamosa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 269 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 2021-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

610 
WWUS85 KPUB 302213
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
413 PM MDT Fri Jul 30 2021
 
COZ069-302245-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO-
413 PM MDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

At 412 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Crestone, or 28 miles south of Hayden Pass Burn
Scar. This storm was nearly stationary.

Half inch hail, torrential rainfall, and winds in excess of 40 mph 
will be possible with this storm. Localized minor flooding will be 
possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern
Saguache County.

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 3795 10588 3798 10579 3786 10572 3784 10583
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 348DEG 4KT 3790 10580 

$$

CSS/KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 3:18 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBChaffee, Lake, Saguache20 hr
Jul 30, 1:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBAlamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 13 more40 hr
Jul 30, 2:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller38 min
Jul 30, 3:00 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBChaffee, Fremont, Saguache3 hr
Jul 30, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa31 min
Jul 30, 4:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster23 min
Jul 30, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache31 min
Jul 30, 4:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos36 min
Jul 30, 5:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBSaguache2 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.