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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 5:31 PM MDT for Fremont County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 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, 5:31 PM MDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Fremont County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.
653
WWUS85 KPUB 032331
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
531 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
COZ077-083-040015-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft CO-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County CO-
531 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
At 530 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Royal Gorge, or 25 miles northwest of Junkins Burn Scar. This storm
was nearly stationary. Heavy rains have been continuous over the
Royal Gorge region. Some locallized enhanced streamflows in streams
and drainages may be possible.
Locations impacted include...
Royal Gorge.
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 3849 10541 3849 10527 3842 10528 3840 10533
3838 10541 3843 10543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 315DEG 2KT 3845 10533
$$
KSThe 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, 4:28 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 |
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.