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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, 4:53 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, 4:53 PM MDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
1850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

654 
WWUS85 KPUB 042253
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
453 PM MDT Wed Aug 4 2021
 
COZ098-042330-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County CO-
453 PM MDT Wed Aug 4 2021

At 451 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near 
Hartman, or 13 miles west of Coolidge, moving southeast at 20 mph. 
Some heavy rain falling over the Hwy 50 corridor from Granada to 
Holly and to the Kansas border. Ponding on the highway may lead to 
hazardous travel conditions. 

Locations impacted include...
Holly, Granada, 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 3802 10241 3814 10234 3810 10204 3795 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 316DEG 19KT 3808 10225 

$$

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, 3:08 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

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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.