Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2021, 5:55 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2021, 6:18 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 283 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
083
WUUS55 KPUB 022355
SVRPUB
COC055-071-030045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0202.210702T2355Z-210703T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
555 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Huerfano County in southeastern Colorado...
North central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 645 PM MDT.
* At 555 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Walsenburg,
or 23 miles east of Spring Burn Scar north of Highway 160, moving
southeast at 5 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...
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 3759 10488 3772 10468 3767 10446 3748 10473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 295DEG 6KT 3763 10471
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT2 follow-up statements
444 WWUS55 KPUB 030008 SVSPUB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 608 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021 COC055-071-030045- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-210703T0045Z/ Huerfano CO-Las Animas CO- 608 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL HUERFANO AND NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... At 608 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Walsenburg, or 24 miles east of Spring Burn Scar north of Highway 160, moving southeast at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Walsenburg. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3759 10488 3772 10468 3767 10446 3748 10473 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 295DEG 6KT 3762 10468 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ KT
485
WWUS55 KPUB 030018
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
618 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021
COC055-071-030028-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-210703T0045Z/
Huerfano CO-Las Animas CO-
618 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HUERFANO AND
NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
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 has been cancelled. However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3759 10488 3772 10468 3767 10446 3748 10473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 295DEG 6KT 3761 10466
$$
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, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 34 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 |
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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.