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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 1:13 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 26, 2021, 1:13 PM MDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 1:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 298 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
- 852 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
097
WWUS85 KPUB 261913
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
113 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021
COZ074-087-088-261945-
Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
113 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Huerfano and west central Las Animas Counties through 145 PM MDT...
At 113 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Aguilar, or 18 miles northwest of Trinidad, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern
Huerfano and west central Las Animas Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3732 10471 3748 10474 3760 10444 3732 10433
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 257DEG 20KT 3741 10465
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
KTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 6:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 31 min | |
| Aug 26, 12:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 2:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 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.