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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 6, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 5:17 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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 6, 2021, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2021-08-06Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3319 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

685 
WWUS85 KPUB 062317
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
517 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
 
COZ081>085-062345-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County CO-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 Ft CO-Pikes Peak above 11000 Ft CO-
Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And
11000 Ft CO-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
CO-
517 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...A few thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Fremont, 
southern Teller and central El Paso Counties through 545 PM MDT...

At 514 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a few thunderstorms over 
western Colorado Springs, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Observations from Colorado Springs airport and radar data.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. High 
         profile vehicles will affected.

These storms will affect the greater Colorado Springs area out into 
northern El Paso county. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3880 10526 3911 10458 3901 10412 3855 10492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 301DEG 29KT 3888 10479 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Hodanish

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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.