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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 3:21 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 7, 2021, 3:21 PM MDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 50
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -451 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
493
WWUS85 KPUB 072121
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
321 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021
COZ094-099-072145-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-Eastern Las Animas County CO-
321 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Baca
and southeastern Las Animas Counties through 345 PM MDT...
At 320 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles southeast of Kim, or 39 miles northeast of Des Moines, moving
east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County and southeastern Eastern Las Animas
County Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3721 10334 3721 10284 3700 10287 3700 10336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 276DEG 27KT 3711 10326
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
EPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 29 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.