Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2010, 2:47 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2010, 2:47 PM MDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2010, 3:07 PM MDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 4:49 AM MDT, 9 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 4:49 AM MDT, 9 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 6:45 AM MDT, 8 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 645 AM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010 COZ058>089-093>099-041245- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 645 AM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A COUPLE STORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ON SUNDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND EASTWARD. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. OTHERWISE...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. LIGHTNING IS A BIG CONCERN SINCE MANY PEOPLE WILL BE ENJOYING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS MEETING REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 28/06
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:08 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 208 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010 COZ094-099-032045- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 208 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 205 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES EAST OF KIM...OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE NOTED ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF PRITCHETT AND ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:35 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 235 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010 COZ094-097>099-032100- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 235 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS INCLUDES...SPRINGFIELD. SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 233 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VILAS. SPRINGFIELD. PRITCHETT. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 4:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010
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.