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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 4:01 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 50
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.
095
WWUS85 KPUB 072201
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
401 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021
COZ099-072230-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-
401 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Baca
County through 430 PM MDT...
At 400 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles north of Kenton, or 27 miles southwest of Springfield, moving
east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size 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
Baca County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3717 10302 3722 10264 3700 10262 3700 10302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 268DEG 22KT 3709 10293
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 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, 3:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 3:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 35 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.