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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 29, 2021Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Sep 29, 2021, 6:49 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 29, 2021, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Sep 29, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

995 
WWUS85 KPUB 300049
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
649 PM MDT Wed Sep 29 2021
 
COZ086-088-093-300115-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
649 PM MDT Wed Sep 29 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western Otero,
northwestern Las Animas and southeastern Pueblo Counties through 715
PM MDT...

At 649 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 14 miles south of Blende to 18 miles south of
Avondale to 18 miles northwest of Delhi. Movement was east 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.

These storms will remain over mainly rural areas of western Otero,
northwestern Las Animas and southeastern Pueblo Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3816 10442 3806 10414 3792 10405 3780 10433
      3791 10442 3800 10464
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 250DEG 20KT 3803 10451 3796 10433 3784 10424 

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

$$

Rodriguez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 29, 6:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	32 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.