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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 3, 2021Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 3:38 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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, 3:38 PM MDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

453 
WWUS85 KPUB 032138
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
338 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
 
COZ086-032215-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
338 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 337 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a developing strong 
thunderstorm over Pueblo West, or 9 miles northwest of Pueblo. This 
activity was nearly stationary. A quick 1 to 2 inches of rain could 
fall with this activity, and flash flooding may become possible if 
heavy rain persists.

Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Pueblo West and Pueblo Reservoir. 

LAT...LON 3840 10484 3844 10472 3840 10468 3824 10472
      3825 10480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 318DEG 1KT 3836 10474 

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Cohen

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 Considerable damage threat	PUB	Huerfano	2 hr
Aug 2, 7:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	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, 1:48 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, 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.