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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 25, 2018Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2018, 5:25 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 25, 2018, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2018, 5:59 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 251 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -431 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

327 
WUUS55 KPUB 252325
SVRPUB
COC055-101-260015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0166.180725T2325Z-180726T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
525 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Huerfano County in southeastern Colorado...
  South central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 615 PM MDT.

* At 525 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles east of
  Greenhorn Mountain, or 23 miles south of Pueblo, moving southeast
  at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Colorado City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3794 10482 3805 10468 3791 10442 3772 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 320DEG 8KT 3794 10471 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

kam

3 follow-up statements

993 
WWUS55 KPUB 252332
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
532 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018

COC055-101-260015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-180726T0015Z/
Huerfano CO-Pueblo CO-
532 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...

At 532 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles east of
Greenhorn Mountain, or 23 miles south of Pueblo, moving southeast at
10 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Colorado City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3794 10482 3805 10468 3791 10442 3772 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 320DEG 8KT 3793 10470 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

kam

857 
WWUS55 KPUB 252343
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
543 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018

COC055-101-260015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-180726T0015Z/
Huerfano CO-Pueblo CO-
543 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...

At 543 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles east of
Greenhorn Mountain, or 24 miles south of Pueblo, moving southeast at
10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Huerfano and south central Pueblo Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3787 10477 3803 10463 3791 10442 3772 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 320DEG 8KT 3791 10468 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

kam

531 
WWUS55 KPUB 252359
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
559 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018

COC055-101-260009-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-180726T0015Z/
Huerfano CO-Pueblo CO-
559 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND
SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.  However small hail and heavy rain are still possible
with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3787 10477 3803 10463 3791 10442 3772 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 320DEG 8KT 3788 10465 

$$

kam

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	42 min
Jul 25, 2:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Rio Grande	50 min
Jul 25, 3:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
Jul 25, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	30 min
Jul 25, 4:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jul 25, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	44 min
Jul 25, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	41 min
Jul 25, 4:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Teller	2 hr
Jul 25, 5:17 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	87 min
Jul 25, 5:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	48 min
Jul 25, 5:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	45 min
Jul 25, 5:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	2 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.