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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 4, 2021Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2021, 1:24 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 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 4, 2021, 1:24 PM MDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2021, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1175 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

478 
WWUS85 KPUB 041924
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
124 PM MDT Wed Aug 4 2021
 
COZ096-098-042015-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County CO-Eastern Kiowa County CO-
124 PM MDT Wed Aug 4 2021

At 123 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Bristol, or 11 miles northeast of Lamar. This storm was nearly 
stationary. Heavy rainfall may cause hazardous travel conditions due 
to ponding on roads and lower visibilities. Some enhanced streamflow 
in drainages may be observed. 

Locations impacted include...
Hartman and Bristol. 

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 3800 10249 3821 10256 3845 10205 3819 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 348DEG 4KT 3816 10243 

$$

KS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 6:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero38 min
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, 1:59 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.