Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2021, 6:56 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 1, 2021, 6:56 PM MDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1238 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
655
WUUS55 KPUB 020056
SVRPUB
COC089-020130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0199.210702T0056Z-210702T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
656 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 730 PM MDT.
* At 655 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
of Rocky Ford, or 13 miles west of La Junta, moving north at 20
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...
Rocky Ford, Swink, Manzanola and Timpas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3773 10374 3781 10404 3811 10401 3811 10378
3802 10354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 190DEG 15KT 3796 10380
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
KT3 follow-up statements
567
WWUS55 KPUB 020108
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
708 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
COC089-020130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-210702T0130Z/
Otero CO-
708 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...
At 708 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rocky Ford, or
12 miles west of La Junta, moving north at 10 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Rocky Ford, Swink, Manzanola and Timpas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3778 10371 3786 10397 3811 10393 3811 10378
3802 10354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 202DEG 9KT 3796 10378
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
KT766
WWUS55 KPUB 020116
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
716 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
COC089-020130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-210702T0130Z/
Otero CO-
716 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...
At 715 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rocky Ford, or
12 miles west of La Junta, moving north at 15 mph.
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...
Rocky Ford and Swink.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3782 10368 3790 10393 3808 10390 3809 10376
3802 10354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 197DEG 12KT 3798 10377
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT866
WWUS55 KPUB 020127
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
727 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
COC089-020136-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-210702T0130Z/
Otero CO-
727 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 730 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3782 10368 3790 10393 3808 10390 3809 10376
3802 10354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 206DEG 8KT 3796 10377
$$
KTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 6:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 6:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 7:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 7:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 8:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont, Saguache | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 12:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 4:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Costilla | 18 min |
| Jul 2, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 5:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 97 min |
| Jul 2, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 23 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.