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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 6:35 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 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, 6:35 PM MDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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.
630
WWUS85 KPUB 040035
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
635 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
COZ094-040115-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-
635 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
At 635 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles east of Thatcher, or 34 miles southwest of La Junta, moving
southeast at 10 mph. Torrential rain may cause locally enhanced
streamflow in local drainages.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Otero
and north central Las Animas Counties.
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 3755 10399 3763 10398 3764 10392 3764 10388
3765 10388 3764 10381 3748 10360 3737 10371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 311DEG 11KT 3752 10379
$$
KSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 38 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 |
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.