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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 26, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 3:47 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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, 3:47 PM MDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 288 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 852 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

997 
WWUS85 KPUB 262147
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
347 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021
 
COZ074-088-094-262215-
Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft CO-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
347 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Las
Animas County through 415 PM MDT...

At 347 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles northeast of Branson, or 30 miles north of Des Moines, moving
east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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 strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Kim around 405 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3761 10416 3763 10310 3704 10310 3700 10382
      3700 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 256DEG 50KT 3718 10367 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

KTS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB31 min
Aug 26, 12:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
Aug 26, 1:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano32 min
Aug 26, 2:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent28 min
Aug 26, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 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.