Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 2:56 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2013, 2:56 PM MDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2013, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:30 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 66 | 5 Nne La Junta, CO | KLHX ASOS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -777 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
173
WUUS55 KPUB 132056
SVRPUB
COC011-089-132145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.130613T2056Z-130613T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
256 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 345 PM MDT
* AT 252 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
HIGBEE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA AND LAS ANIMAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3813 10349 3805 10312 3777 10339 3785 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 207DEG 21KT 3790 10344
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$3 follow-up statements
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WWUS55 KPUB 132104
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
304 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013
COC011-089-132145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130613T2145Z/
BENT CO-OTERO CO-
304 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
OTERO AND WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 301 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...
AND IF IT CONTINUES ITS CURRENT TRACK AND REMAINS STRONG...WILL
AFFECT LAS ANIMAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3813 10349 3805 10312 3777 10339 3785 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 203DEG 20KT 3794 10344
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$647
WWUS55 KPUB 132110
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
310 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013
COC011-089-132145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130613T2145Z/
BENT CO-OTERO CO-
310 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
OTERO AND WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 306 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...LAS ANIMAS AND RURAL
AREAS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3813 10349 3805 10312 3777 10339 3785 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 203DEG 20KT 3797 10343
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
$$939
WWUS55 KPUB 132119
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
319 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013
COC011-089-132145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130613T2145Z/
BENT CO-OTERO CO-
319 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
OTERO AND WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 315 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF LA
JUNTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OTERO COUNTY...THE CITY OF
LAS ANIMAS AND RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST BENT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3785 10337 3785 10359 3813 10349 3805 10312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 203DEG 20KT 3801 10341
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.