Alert archive / Colorado / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2021, 2:19 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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, 2:19 PM MDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
462
WWUS85 KPUB 042019
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
219 PM MDT Wed Aug 4 2021
COZ098-042100-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County CO-
219 PM MDT Wed Aug 4 2021
At 217 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lamar, moving east at 20 mph. Heavy rain over Lamar may result in
hazardous travel conditions due to ponding on roads and lower
visiblities. There may be enhanced streamflow in drainages as well.
Locations impacted include...
Lamar.
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 3795 10273 3813 10273 3814 10246 3811 10240
3804 10239 3795 10239 3793 10245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 280DEG 16KT 3802 10257
$$
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, 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, 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.