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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, 3:08 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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, 3:08 PM MDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.

093 
WWUS85 KPUB 042108
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
308 PM MDT Wed Aug 4 2021
 
COZ097-098-042145-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County CO-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County CO-
308 PM MDT Wed Aug 4 2021

At 306 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over 
Lamar, moving east at 15 mph. Around 1-2" has fallen around Lamar, 
but no flooding has been reported. Some enhanced streamflow in 
drainages is expected and potentially hazardous travel conditions 
due to road ponding and lower visibility due to heavy rain.

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 3794 10287 3806 10288 3820 10254 3811 10237
      3789 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 291DEG 12KT 3807 10260 

$$

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, 1:24 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, 3:31 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.