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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Sep 12, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT for El Paso 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
- Sep 12, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 55
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2276 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
480
WWUS85 KPUB 122113
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
313 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021
COZ081-085-122145-
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-
313 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern El Paso
County through 345 PM MDT...
At 313 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Stratmoor, or near Colorado Springs, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch 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...
Security and Security-Widefield around 325 PM MDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Fountain and
Schriever AFB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3875 10486 3883 10484 3882 10450 3862 10456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 282DEG 17KT 3878 10480
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
$$
CSS/SRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 7:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 23 min |
| Sep 12, 2:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Sep 12, 4:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Sep 12, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 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.