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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 20, 2010El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2010, 4:35 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 20, 2010, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2010, 5:10 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

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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 20, 3:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 3:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 5:45 AM MDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
219 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010

COZ081-082-084-085-202045-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE
7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
219 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
  WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
   THIS INCLUDES...COLORADO SPRINGS.

AT 217 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EXTREME WEST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...OR
NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 5
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS.
  SCHRIEVER AFB.
  PETERSON AFB.
  FALCON.
  BLACK FOREST.
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE 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.

ROSE
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
326 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010

COZ071-074-075-202200-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE
11000 FT-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000
FT-
326 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 321 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF SAN LUIS...OR 38 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ALAMOSA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WESTON.
  STONEWALL.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE 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.

ROSE
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 20, 4:23 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 8:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Otero29 min
Jul 19, 9:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers57 min
Jul 20, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas23 min
Jul 20, 3:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBTeller3 hr
Jul 20, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca61 min
Jul 20, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas41 min
Jul 20, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers51 min
Jul 20, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo64 min
Jul 20, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas46 min
Jul 20, 5:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBBaca, Las Animas3 hr
Jul 20, 5:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Pueblo2 hr
Jul 20, 5:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso61 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.