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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 3, 2021Otero County, Colorado

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas40 min
Aug 3, 7:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent3 hr
Aug 3, 7:06 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero, Pueblo3 hr
Aug 3, 8:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers48 min
Aug 4, 1:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent40 min
Aug 4, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers51 min
Aug 4, 1:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent3 hr
Aug 4, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers41 min
Aug 4, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers37 min
Aug 4, 3:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBProwers119 min
Aug 4, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo52 min
Aug 4, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca55 min
Aug 4, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers37 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.