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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 6:07 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 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, 6:07 PM MDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
699 WWUS85 KPUB 040007 SPSPUB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 607 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021 COZ086-088-093-094-040045- Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO- Eastern Las Animas County CO-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO- 607 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTERO...NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT... At 605 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Delhi, or 31 miles southwest of La Junta. This storm was nearly stationary. Winds in excess of 40 mph and torrential rainfall will be possible with this storm. This could cause localized flash flooding if the storm strengthens. Locations impacted include... Delhi. 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 3767 10379 3754 10393 3769 10427 3791 10401 TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 132DEG 2KT 3769 10399 $$ KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 7:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 1:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 1:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 3:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 119 min |
| Aug 4, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 37 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.