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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 3, 2022Hinsdale County, Colorado

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.

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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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2022-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2022-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

327 
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/Cohen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 1:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla34 min
Aug 3, 2:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster3 hr
Aug 3, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont27 min
Aug 3, 3:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBFremont3 hr
Aug 3, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont29 min
Aug 3, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster45 min
Aug 3, 4:18 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBFremont3 hr
Aug 3, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont41 min
Aug 3, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano43 min
Aug 3, 5:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBChaffee, Saguache3 hr
Aug 3, 5:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano3 hr
Aug 3, 5:45 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 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.