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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2022, 4:21 PM MDT for Hinsdale County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 3, 2022, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2022, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Hinsdale County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS85 KPUB 032221
SPSPUB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
421 PM MDT Wed Aug 3 2022
COZ066>068-032245-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft CO-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft CO-
Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft CO-
421 PM MDT Wed Aug 3 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Mineral
County through 445 PM MDT...
At 421 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles southwest of Creede, or 53 miles northeast of Durango, moving
southeast at 10 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 storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central
Mineral County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3789 10714 3788 10709 3779 10699 3772 10706
3771 10714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 323DEG 10KT 3778 10712
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
CSS/CohenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 1:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 2:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 3:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 4:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 5:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Saguache | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
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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.