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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 9:37 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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 14, 2021, 9:37 PM MDT (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 50
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS85 KPUB 150337
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
937 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
COZ081-084-085-150400-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 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-
937 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central El
Paso County through 1000 PM MDT...
At 936 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Monument, or 19 miles north of Colorado Springs, moving southeast 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 strong thunderstorm will be near...
Gleneagle around 940 PM MDT.
Air Force Academy around 945 PM MDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Black Forest.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3908 10443 3887 10461 3908 10496 3913 10492
3913 10457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 301DEG 22KT 3912 10482
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 14, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 7:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 2:01 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Saguache | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 2:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 3:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 4:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 36 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.