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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 3, 2021Fremont County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 4:25 PM MDT for Fremont County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 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, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Fremont County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 254 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

894 
WWUS85 KPUB 032225
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
425 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
 
COZ072-073-077-032330-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft CO-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft CO-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft CO-
425 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021

At 424 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over 
northern Hayden Pass Burn Scar, moving south at 10 mph. Heavy rain 
has been observed just north of the Hayden Pass Burn Scar and it 
moving to the southeast towards the burn scar. Enhanced stream flows 
may be possible in the streams and drainages. A Flash Flood Warning 
may be possible in the near future. 

Locations impacted include...
Hayden Pass Burn Scar.

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 3836 10580 3833 10566 3822 10568 3828 10588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 018DEG 9KT 3833 10577 

$$

KTS

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, 2:30 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, 4:28 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.