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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 27, 2018Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2018, 2:49 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 27, 2018, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2018, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
26 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), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 2:57 PM MDTHAIL 12 E Rye, 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 260 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2018-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 735 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2018-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
735 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

749 
WUUS55 KPUB 272049
SVRPUB
COC055-101-272115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0182.180727T2049Z-180727T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
249 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Huerfano County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southwestern Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 315 PM MDT.

* At 249 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Greenhorn
  Mountain, or 27 miles southwest 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...
  Rye and Colorado City. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3792 10499 3801 10492 3796 10463 3776 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 298DEG 10KT 3793 10490 

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

KTS
1 follow-up statement
028 
WWUS55 KPUB 272059
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
259 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

COC055-101-272115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-180727T2115Z/
Huerfano CO-Pueblo CO-
259 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO AND SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES...

At 259 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Greenhorn Mountain, or 28 miles southwest of Pueblo, moving southeast
at 10 mph. 1 inch hail was reported 2 east of Rye.

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

SOURCE...Public.

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

Locations impacted include...
Rye and Colorado City. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3792 10499 3801 10492 3796 10463 3776 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 300DEG 8KT 3792 10489 

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

KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 6:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo3 hr
Jul 26, 6:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo35 min
Jul 26, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa25 min
Jul 26, 7:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers31 min
Jul 27, 2:04 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent41 min
Jul 27, 2:50 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca40 min
Jul 27, 3:37 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca38 min
Jul 27, 12:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos44 min
Jul 27, 12:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla47 min
Jul 27, 12:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee35 min
Jul 27, 1:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBChaffee, Fremont26 min
Jul 27, 1:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont52 min
Jul 27, 1:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont28 min
Jul 27, 1:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso47 min
Jul 27, 1:49 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano3 hr
Jul 27, 2:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont44 min
Jul 27, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo35 min
Jul 27, 2:51 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo105 min
Jul 27, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo27 min
Jul 27, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo31 min
Jul 27, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo16 min
Jul 27, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo35 min
Jul 27, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo32 min
Jul 27, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo34 min
Jul 27, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero25 min
Jul 27, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent25 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.