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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 2, 2021Huerfano County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 2, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Huerfano County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 296 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

366 
WUUS55 KPUB 022330
SVRPUB
COC055-030000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0201.210702T2330Z-210703T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
530 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Huerfano County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 529 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near La Veta, or
  12 miles east of Spring Burn Scar south of Highway 160 in Huerfano
  county, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Walsenburg and La Veta. 

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 3752 10506 3756 10505 3763 10495 3765 10478
      3757 10464 3750 10479 3746 10497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 287DEG 9KT 3756 10492 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT
1 follow-up statement
213 
WWUS55 KPUB 022344
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
544 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021

COC055-030000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-210703T0000Z/
Huerfano CO-
544 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY...

At 544 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Walsenburg, or
17 miles east of Spring Burn Scar north of Highway 160, moving east
at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Walsenburg.

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 3754 10502 3759 10501 3763 10495 3765 10478
      3757 10464 3752 10478 3749 10494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 269DEG 8KT 3758 10483 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero42 min
Jul 1, 6:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster37 min
Jul 1, 6:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont37 min
Jul 1, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero44 min
Jul 1, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont39 min
Jul 1, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero34 min
Jul 1, 7:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBOtero2 hr
Jul 1, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont46 min
Jul 1, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas43 min
Jul 1, 8:52 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBChaffee, Fremont, Saguache2 hr
Jul 1, 9:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo2 hr
Jul 1, 9:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo3 hr
Jul 1, 10:27 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBChaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Teller66 min
Jul 2, 12:58 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBChaffee3 hr
Jul 2, 3:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano45 min
Jul 2, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster44 min
Jul 2, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont43 min
Jul 2, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla34 min
Jul 2, 4:33 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 2, 4:52 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 2, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla41 min
Jul 2, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCostilla18 min
Jul 2, 5:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano97 min
Jul 2, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas23 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.