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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 19, 2021Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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 19, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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 19, 7:17 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	6 Wsw Bristol, CO	PERSONAL WEATHER STATION OBSERVATION.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 19, 1:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

935 
WUUS55 KPUB 200045
SVRPUB
COC011-061-099-200130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0168.210620T0045Z-210620T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
645 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 730 PM MDT.

* At 644 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Lamar to 10 miles south of John Martin 
  Reservoir, moving east at 25 mph. Other severe thunderstorms are 
  developing elsewhere across the warning area.

  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...
  Lamar, Eads, Wiley, Neeoshe Reservoir, McClave, Chivington,
  Brandon, Sweetwater Reservoir, Hasty, Neegronda Reservoir, Queens
  Reservoir, John Martin Reservoir and Caddoa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Wind damage with these storms may occur before any rain or 
lightning. Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3790 10240 3786 10318 3800 10318 3806 10304
      3819 10290 3850 10283 3851 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 282DEG 20KT 3802 10265 3793 10311 

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

Cohen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	27 min
Jun 19, 6:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	74 min
Jun 19, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	46 min
Jun 19, 6:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	52 min
Jun 19, 7:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	10 min
Jun 19, 7:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	24 min
Jun 19, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	74 min
Jun 19, 7:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	67 min
Jun 19, 7:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	70 min
Jun 19, 8:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	47 min
Jun 20, 5:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	24 min
Jun 20, 5:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Jun 20, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 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.