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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 1:48 PM MDT for Custer County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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, 1:48 PM MDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Custer County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 250 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.
980 WWUS85 KPUB 031948 SPSPUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 148 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021 COZ077>080-083-032015- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft CO- Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft CO- Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft CO- Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County CO- Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft CO- 148 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MDT... At 148 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles northwest of Junkins Burn Scar. This storm was nearly stationary. Pea size hail, winds in excess of 40 mph and torrential rainfall will be possible with this storm. A quick 1 to 2 inches of rain could fall from this storm with flash flooding possible if the storm intensifies. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Fremont and northeastern Custer Counties. 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 3818 10510 3812 10528 3829 10535 3832 10514 TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 172DEG 0KT 3823 10523 $$ 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, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 40 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 |
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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.