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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2021, 7:13 PM MDT for Las Animas 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 31, 2021, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
913 WWUS85 KPUB 010113 SPSPUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 713 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021 COZ094-010145- Eastern Las Animas County CO- 713 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... At 713 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 21 miles southeast of Thatcher, or 39 miles south of North La Junta, moving west at 20 mph. Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Las Animas 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. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3747 10356 3734 10362 3737 10393 3759 10384 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 111DEG 16KT 3742 10369 $$ kam
The 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, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 44 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, 7:20 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.