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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 5:24 PM MDT for Custer County, Colorado. It was in force for 66 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, 5:24 PM MDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Custer County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
759 WWUS85 KPUB 022324 SPSPUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 524 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021 COZ077>079-030030- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft CO- Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft CO- Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- 524 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021 At 522 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 1 mile north of Westcliffe. This storm was nearly stationary. Torrential rain may result in ponding on roads north of Westcliffe and enhanced streamflow in creeks and drainages. LAT...LON 3825 10550 3828 10538 3817 10534 3815 10550 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 349DEG 4KT 3821 10544 $$ KTS
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, 3:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 47 min |
| 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 |
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.