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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 3, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 2:30 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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, 2:30 PM MDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 298 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

787 
WWUS85 KPUB 032030
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
230 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
 
COZ074-088-094-032115-
Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
230 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM MDT...

At 229 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Sugarite Canyon State Park, or 13 miles northeast of
Raton, moving east at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with 
this storm along with torrential rainfall.  Localized flash flooding 
will be possible if this storm intensifies or remains stationary. 

Locations impacted include...
Branson and Trinchera. 

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 3711 10430 3704 10385 3700 10387 3700 10434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 287DEG 15KT 3700 10425 

$$

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, 1:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 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, 2:48 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

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.