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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 3, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 1:20 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 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 3, 2021, 1:20 PM MDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

956 
WWUS85 KPUB 031920
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
120 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
 
COZ081-084-085-032000-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 Ft CO-
Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And
11000 Ft CO-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
CO-
120 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND NORTHERN
EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM MDT...

At 118 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
eastern Colorado Springs, moving north at 10 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph, lightning and torrential rainfall will be 
possible with this storm.  Other storms were developing across 
northern Teller and northern El Paso county which could also produce 
locally heavy rainfall.  Localized rainfall amounts of up to 1.5 
inches will be possible which could cause minor flooding.  

Locations impacted include...
Colorado Springs, Woodland Park, Monument, Air Force Academy, Manitou
Springs, Palmer Lake, Calhan, Ramah, Black Forest, Crystola, Peyton,
Falcon, Gleneagle, Peterson AFB, Cimarron Hills and Chipita Park.

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 3913 10405 3910 10405 3879 10478 3913 10530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 172DEG 9KT 3888 10472 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 6:47 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBHuerfano2 hr
Aug 2, 7:38 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBHuerfano96 min
Aug 2, 9:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee56 min
Aug 3, 12:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
Aug 3, 12:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano34 min
Aug 3, 1:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster27 min
Aug 3, 1:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano32 min
Aug 3, 2:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso38 min
Aug 3, 2:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster33 min
Aug 3, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano32 min
Aug 3, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas45 min
Aug 3, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo27 min
Aug 3, 2:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso38 min
Aug 3, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee43 min
Aug 3, 3:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo37 min
Aug 3, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa31 min
Aug 3, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla42 min
Aug 3, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont65 min
Aug 3, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas32 min
Aug 3, 4:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCostilla3 hr
Aug 3, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller39 min
Aug 3, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo33 min
Aug 3, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont52 min
Aug 3, 5:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo3 hr
Aug 3, 5:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBTeller109 min
Aug 3, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont44 min

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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.