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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 3:18 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 20 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 13 more | 40 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 3:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont, Saguache | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 4:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 23 min |
| Jul 30, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Conejos | 36 min |
| Jul 30, 5:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Saguache | 2 hr |
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.