Alert archive / Colorado / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2021, 7:01 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 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 31, 2021, 7:01 PM MDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 1535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
051
WWUS85 KPUB 010101
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
701 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021
COZ099-010145-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-
701 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
MDT...
At 701 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Springfield to 14 miles east of Campo to 7
miles west of Elkhart. Movement was southwest at 15 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Springfield and Campo.
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 3699 10266 3719 10293 3749 10264 3721 10225
3716 10204 3700 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 023DEG 12KT 3736 10267 3712 10232 3700 10204
$$
kamThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 6:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 33 min |
| Jul 31, 6:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 6:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jul 31, 6:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 6:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 6:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 22 min |
| Jul 31, 7:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 40 min | |
| Jul 31, 7:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 35 min | |
| Jul 31, 7:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 7:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 61 min |
| Jul 31, 7:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 8:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 8:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 8:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 10:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 10:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 11:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 11:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:43 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:04 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 18 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:29 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Pueblo | 94 min |
| Aug 1, 3:30 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Pueblo | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:00 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 26 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:44 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:20 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Otero | 14 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 7 more | 32 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.