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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 4:28 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 4:28 PM MDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 284 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.
886 WWUS85 KPUB 032228 SPSPUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 428 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021 COZ094-032300- Eastern Las Animas County CO- 428 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MDT... At 428 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19 miles west of Kim, or 40 miles north of Des Moines. This storm was nearly stationary. Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central Las Animas County. 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 3726 10374 3740 10379 3749 10362 3728 10354 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 247DEG 2KT 3734 10369 $$ 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 | 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, 1:48 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, 4:46 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.