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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 375
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 15, 2020, 2:25 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado; 5 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2020, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2020, 10:02 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 50%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
28 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 2:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 3:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 104 min |
| Jul 15, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 3:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 108 min |
| Jul 15, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 24 min |
| Jul 15, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 4:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 4:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 118 min |
| Jul 15, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 6:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 117 min |
| Jul 15, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay, Union | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 46 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1:40 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso and 6 more | 95 min |
| Jul 15, 5:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 7 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2020Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Mexico, 2020Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2020
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.