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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 3:43 PM MDT for Chaffee County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 2, 2021, 3:43 PM MDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Chaffee County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
207 WWUS85 KPUB 022143 SPSPUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 343 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021 COZ060>062-065-069-072-073-077-022230- Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft CO- Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Ft CO- Saguache County East of Continental Divide below 10000 Ft CO- Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Ft CO- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft CO- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft CO- Eastern Sawatch Mountains above 11000 Ft CO- 343 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE...WEST CENTRAL FREMONT AND NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT... At 342 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Poncha Pass, with another storm near Decker Burn Scar, moving south at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and torrential rainfall will be possible with this storm. If these storms stall too long, minor flooding with rock and mud flows will be possible on Poncha Pass. Locations impacted include... Decker Burn Scar and Poncha Pass. 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 3847 10619 3852 10596 3838 10588 3832 10617 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 352DEG 9KT 3842 10608 $$ KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:19 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 16 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:28 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 59 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Saguache | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 66 min |
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.