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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 7, 2021Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 4:31 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, 4:31 PM MDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 216 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

442 
WWUS85 KPUB 072231
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
431 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
COZ099-072300-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-
431 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Baca
County through 500 PM MDT...

At 428 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Campo, or 23 miles north of Boise City, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea 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 southeastern
Baca County.

A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 8:00 PM for Baca 
county.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3711 10260 3730 10222 3706 10208 3699 10235
      3700 10254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 245DEG 23KT 3707 10248 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Hodanish

The 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, 4:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	29 min

Nearby

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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.