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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 31, 2021Baca County, Colorado

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1535 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
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

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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 

$$

kam

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 6:00 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 31, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano28 min
Jul 31, 6:11 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo2 hr
Jul 31, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca33 min
Jul 31, 6:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas3 hr
Jul 31, 6:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca40 min
Jul 31, 6:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBaca3 hr
Jul 31, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas33 min
Jul 31, 6:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca31 min
Jul 31, 6:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano38 min
Jul 31, 6:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas36 min
Jul 31, 6:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas22 min
Jul 31, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB40 min
Jul 31, 7:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB35 min
Jul 31, 7:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas32 min
Jul 31, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano40 min
Jul 31, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano61 min
Jul 31, 7:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca51 min
Jul 31, 8:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas3 hr
Jul 31, 8:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas, Pueblo47 min
Jul 31, 8:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca40 min
Jul 31, 10:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo49 min
Jul 31, 10:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo4 hr
Jul 31, 11:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent, Otero4 hr
Jul 31, 11:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo4 hr
Aug 1, 2:43 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo3 hr
Aug 1, 3:04 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBConejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache18 hr
Aug 1, 3:29 AM MDTRiver Flood WatchPUBPueblo94 min
Aug 1, 3:30 AM MDTRiver Flood WatchPUBPueblo4 hr
Aug 1, 5:00 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBPueblo26 hr
Aug 1, 5:44 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningPUBPueblo3 hr
Aug 1, 7:20 AM MDTRiver Flood WatchPUBOtero14 hr
Aug 1, 2:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 7 more32 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.