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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 31, 2021Huerfano County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2021, 7:29 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 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, 7:29 PM MDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Huerfano County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 276 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

545 
WWUS85 KPUB 010129
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
729 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021
 
COZ074-079-083-086>088-094-010230-
Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft CO-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft CO-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County CO-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
729 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 723 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of thunderstorms 
and heavy rain along a line extending from Florence to 13 miles 
south of Pueblo Reservoir to near Walsenburg to 7 miles west of 
Hoehne to near Trinchera.
Movement was nearly stationary.

Extremely heavy rainfall is expected along Interstate 25 from near 
Pueblo, south to near Trinidad.  Radar estimates of 1 to 3 inches 
have been experienced so far, with an additional 1 to 2 inches, with 
locally higher amounts possible through 9 PM.  Flood prone areas 
along Interstate 25 are likely experiencing flooding at this time. 
Heed all area road closures.  Remember, turn around, don't drown! In 
addition to the heavy rainfall, pea size and hail wind gusts to near 
30 mph may be possible.

Locations impacted include...
Southwestern Pueblo, Trinidad, Florence, Walsenburg, Aguilar, Pueblo
Reservoir, Penrose, Hoehne, Trinchera, Canon City, Pueblo West, Rye,
Beulah, Colorado City and Wetmore.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3733 10470 3757 10492 3816 10502 3846 10530
      3853 10511 3824 10465 3761 10452 3730 10436
      3719 10412 3700 10394 3700 10423
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 132DEG 4KT 3840 10515 3807 10481 3758 10475
3729 10452 3703 10412

$$

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 Considerable damage threat	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, 7:13 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, 7:54 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.