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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 96 min |
| Aug 2, 9:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 12:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 12:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 1:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 2:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 2:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 2:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 2:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 4:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 4:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 5:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 109 min |
| Aug 3, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 44 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.