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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 23, 2016Bent County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 8:07 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 23, 2016, 8:07 PM MDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2016, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 23, 8:14 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 59	4 S Cheraw, CO	.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

085 
WUUS55 KPUB 240207
SVRPUB
COC011-089-240245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0210.160724T0207Z-160724T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
807 PM MDT SAT JUL 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 806 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LA JUNTA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...SWINK AND CHERAW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3784 10342 3792 10367 3816 10360 3818 10343
      3812 10322
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 203DEG 20KT 3798 10355 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

LW

2 follow-up statements

807 
WWUS55 KPUB 240225
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
825 PM MDT SAT JUL 23 2016

COC011-089-240245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-160724T0245Z/
OTERO CO-BENT CO-
825 PM MDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO AND WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...

AT 822 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHERAW...OR 7
MILES NORTH OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 8:14 PM MDT...59 MPH WINDS WERE
         RECORDED AT THE LA JUNTA AIRPORT. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA AND CHERAW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3792 10346 3799 10362 3816 10360 3818 10343
      3812 10322
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 199DEG 25KT 3808 10350 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

LW

041 
WWUS55 KPUB 240243
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
843 PM MDT SAT JUL 23 2016

COC011-089-240250-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-160724T0245Z/
OTERO CO-BENT CO-
843 PM MDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO AND WEST
CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  

HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH...HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING ALL CONTINUE TO BE STORM THREATS.  YOU SHOULD
REMAIN UNDER COVER UNTIL THE STORM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA
COMPLETELY.

LAT...LON 3792 10346 3799 10362 3816 10360 3818 10343
      3812 10322
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 203DEG 20KT 3808 10350 

$$

LW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 6:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	20 min
Jul 23, 7:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	55 min
Jul 23, 8:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	40 min
Jul 24, 2:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	44 min
Jul 24, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		43 min
Jul 24, 3:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		48 min
Jul 24, 3:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	41 min
Jul 24, 4:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	42 min
Jul 24, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	47 min
Jul 24, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	15 min

Nearby

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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.