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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

October 12, 2021Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Oct 12, 2021, 5:18 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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
Oct 12, 2021, 5:18 PM MDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
55

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2021-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2021-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1285 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

146 
WWUS85 KPUB 122318
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
518 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021
 
COZ097-098-122345-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County CO-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County CO-
518 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western Prowers and
eastern Bent Counties through 545 PM MDT...

At 518 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from John Martin Reservoir to 15 miles north of
Pritchett. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Lamar, Wiley, Hasty, McClave, John Martin Reservoir and Caddoa. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10264 3781 10244 3769 10307 3805 10312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 250DEG 36KT 3809 10306 3758 10295 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca11 min
Oct 12, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca51 min
Oct 12, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers66 min
Oct 12, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa29 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.