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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Pueblo, CO

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

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 7:35 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 70 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: Jun 19, 2021, 7:35 PM MDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2021, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

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

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.

727 
WUUS55 KPUB 200135
SVRPUB
COC011-061-099-200245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0171.210620T0135Z-210620T0245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Eastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 845 PM MDT.

* At 735 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Sweetwater Reservoir to Hartman, moving
  northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Lamar, Holly, Eads, Granada, Wiley, Sheridan Lake, Hartman, Neeoshe
  Reservoir, McClave, Chivington, Brandon, Towner, Bristol,
  Sweetwater Reservoir, Neegronda Reservoir, Queens Reservoir and
  Caddoa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3806 10294 3851 10289 3859 10261 3859 10204
      3797 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 208DEG 39KT 3836 10283 3811 10223 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Cohen

2 follow-up statements

632 
WWUS55 KPUB 200137
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
737 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021

COC011-061-099-200245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210620T0245Z/
Prowers CO-Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
737 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN PROWERS...EASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES...

At 737 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Sweetwater Reservoir to Hartman, moving northeast
at 45 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Lamar, Holly, Eads, Granada, Wiley, Sheridan Lake, Hartman, Neeoshe
Reservoir, McClave, Chivington, Brandon, Towner, Bristol, Sweetwater
Reservoir, Neegronda Reservoir, Queens Reservoir and Caddoa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3806 10294 3851 10289 3859 10261 3859 10204
      3797 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 208DEG 39KT 3836 10283 3811 10223 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Cohen

846 
WWUS55 KPUB 200146 CCA
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
746 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021

COC011-061-099-200300-
/O.COR.KPUB.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210620T0245Z/
Prowers CO-Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
746 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN PROWERS...EASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES...

At 746 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Eads to near Holly, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Lamar, Holly, Eads, Granada, Wiley, Sheridan Lake, Hartman, Neeoshe
Reservoir, McClave, Chivington, Brandon, Towner, Bristol, Sweetwater
Reservoir, Neegronda Reservoir, Queens Reservoir and Caddoa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3806 10294 3851 10289 3859 10261 3859 10204
      3797 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 216DEG 38KT 3836 10283 3811 10223 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	45 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.