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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 20, 2021El Paso County, Fremont County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2021, 9:43 PM MDT for El Paso County, Fremont County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 20, 2021, 9:43 PM MDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2021, 10:15 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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 (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

158 
WUUS55 KPUB 210343
SVRPUB
COC041-043-101-210415-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0174.210621T0343Z-210621T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
943 PM MDT Sun Jun 20 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Fremont County in central Colorado...
  Southwestern El Paso County in east central Colorado...
  Northwestern Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 1015 PM MDT.

* At 942 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles southwest
  of Fountain, or 16 miles south of Colorado Springs, moving
  southeast at 25 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...
  Fountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3859 10497 3869 10483 3857 10461 3845 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 322DEG 23KT 3860 10488 

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

EP

1 follow-up statement

780 
WWUS55 KPUB 210354
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
954 PM MDT Sun Jun 20 2021

COC043-210402-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-210621T0415Z/
Fremont CO-
954 PM MDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3857 10490 3866 10477 3857 10461 3845 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 322DEG 23KT 3855 10483 

$$

COC041-101-210415-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-210621T0415Z/
El Paso CO-Pueblo CO-
954 PM MDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO AND NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES...

At 952 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles southwest
of Fountain, or 19 miles south of Colorado Springs, moving southeast
at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Golf 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...
Fountain, Fort Carson. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3857 10490 3866 10477 3857 10461 3845 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 322DEG 23KT 3855 10483 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

EP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 6:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	49 min
Jun 20, 9:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	49 min
Jun 20, 9:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	48 min
Jun 20, 9:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Teller	30 min
Jun 20, 9:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	44 min
Jun 20, 10:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	26 min
Jun 20, 10:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	44 min
Jun 20, 10:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	51 min
Jun 20, 10:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	47 min
Jun 20, 11:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	45 min
Jun 21, 12:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	47 min
Jun 21, 1:33 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	42 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.