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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 24, 2021Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 4:18 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 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 24, 2021, 4:18 PM MDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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 24, 4:30 PM MDT	HAIL 4	Sheridan Lake, CO

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 24, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

894 
WUUS55 KPUB 242218
SVRPUB
COC061-242315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0179.210624T2218Z-210624T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
418 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 515 PM MDT.

* At 418 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sheridan
  Lake, or 26 miles south of Cheyenne Wells, moving north at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch 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...
  Sheridan Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3850 10205 3844 10224 3844 10233 3861 10230
      3862 10212 3861 10205 3853 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 200DEG 18KT 3844 10227 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cohen

4 follow-up statements

995 
WWUS55 KPUB 242245
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
445 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

COC061-242315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0179.000000T0000Z-210624T2315Z/
Kiowa CO-
445 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 444 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast of
Sheridan Lake, or 19 miles southeast of Cheyenne Wells, moving north
at 20 mph.

This is a very dangerous storm.

HAZARD...Three inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Public reported softball size hail earlier in the Sheridan 
         Lake area.

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

Locations impacted include...
Sheridan Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3850 10205 3844 10224 3844 10233 3861 10230
      3862 10212 3861 10205 3853 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 200DEG 18KT 3856 10221 

HAIL...3.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cohen

038 
WWUS55 KPUB 242251
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
451 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

COC061-242315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0179.000000T0000Z-210624T2315Z/
Kiowa CO-
451 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 451 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast
of Sheridan Lake, or 17 miles southeast of Cheyenne Wells, moving
north at 20 mph.

This is a very dangerous storm.

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

SOURCE...Public earlier reported softball size hail in the Sheridan 
         Lake area.

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

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Kiowa County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3850 10205 3844 10224 3850 10230 3861 10230
      3862 10212 3861 10205 3853 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 200DEG 18KT 3860 10219 

HAIL...4.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cohen

695 
WWUS55 KPUB 242306
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
506 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

COC061-242315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0179.000000T0000Z-210624T2315Z/
Kiowa CO-
506 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 505 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles north of
Towner, or 14 miles southeast of Cheyenne Wells, moving north at 20
mph.

HAZARD...Two inch 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Kiowa County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3850 10205 3844 10224 3850 10230 3861 10230
      3862 10212 3861 10205 3853 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 200DEG 18KT 3867 10216 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cohen

736 
WWUS55 KPUB 242314
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
514 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

COC061-242324-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0179.000000T0000Z-210624T2315Z/
Kiowa CO-
514 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
is still possible in northeastern Kiowa County.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3850 10205 3844 10224 3850 10230 3861 10230
      3862 10212 3861 10205 3853 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 205DEG 11KT 3860 10218 

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	26 min
Jun 24, 1:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	14 min
Jun 24, 1:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	26 min
Jun 24, 1:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	34 min
Jun 24, 1:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	31 min
Jun 24, 1:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	30 min
Jun 24, 2:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		35 min
Jun 24, 2:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	22 min
Jun 24, 2:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	39 min
Jun 24, 2:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	37 min
Jun 24, 2:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	47 min
Jun 24, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	59 min
Jun 24, 3:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		44 min
Jun 24, 3:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	56 min
Jun 24, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	49 min
Jun 24, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jun 24, 4:31 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	32 min
Jun 24, 4:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	51 min
Jun 24, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	55 min
Jun 24, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	52 min
Jun 24, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	52 min
Jun 24, 5:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	39 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.