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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 4, 2021Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 5:27 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 4, 2021, 5:27 PM MDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 4, 2:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

934 
WUUS55 KPUB 042327
SVRPUB
COC025-061-050000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0214.210704T2327Z-210705T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
527 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 527 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
  Wild Horse Point, or 38 miles north of La Junta, moving southeast
  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Kiowa and northeastern Crowley Counties.

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 3847 10340 3834 10370 3852 10379 3852 10351
      3853 10350 3852 10347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 332DEG 11KT 3853 10366 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MOORE

2 follow-up statements

821 
WWUS55 KPUB 042341
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
541 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

COC025-061-050000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0214.000000T0000Z-210705T0000Z/
Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-
541 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES...

At 541 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest of
Wild Horse Point, or 35 miles north of La Junta, moving southeast 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of west
central Kiowa and northeastern Crowley Counties.

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 3847 10340 3834 10370 3852 10379 3852 10351
      3853 10350 3852 10347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 332DEG 11KT 3849 10363 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MOORE

747 
WWUS55 KPUB 042355
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
555 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

COC025-061-050005-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0214.000000T0000Z-210705T0000Z/
Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-
555 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KIOWA AND
NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 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 small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Pueblo.

LAT...LON 3847 10340 3834 10370 3852 10379 3852 10351
      3853 10350 3852 10347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 332DEG 11KT 3846 10361 

$$

MOORE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jul 3, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	45 min
Jul 3, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	25 min
Jul 3, 6:29 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	94 min
Jul 3, 6:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		31 min
Jul 3, 7:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		31 min
Jul 3, 7:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
Jul 3, 8:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	45 min
Jul 3, 9:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	38 min
Jul 3, 9:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Prowers	33 min
Jul 3, 10:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	29 min
Jul 3, 11:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	47 min
Jul 3, 11:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	34 min
Jul 4, 12:34 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	41 min
Jul 4, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	24 min
Jul 4, 1:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	40 min
Jul 4, 2:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	29 min
Jul 4, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jul 4, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	43 min
Jul 4, 2:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	34 min
Jul 4, 2:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	42 min
Jul 4, 2:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	52 min
Jul 4, 3:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	38 min
Jul 4, 3:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	45 min
Jul 4, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	42 min
Jul 4, 3:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	33 min
Jul 4, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	24 min
Jul 4, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	28 min
Jul 4, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	27 min
Jul 4, 4:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	24 min
Jul 4, 4:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	37 min
Jul 4, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	26 min
Jul 4, 4:57 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	2 hr
Jul 4, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	46 min
Jul 4, 5:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	36 min
Jul 4, 5:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		28 min
Jul 4, 5:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	25 min
Jul 4, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	22 min
Jul 4, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	31 min
Jul 4, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	29 min
Jul 4, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	43 min
Jul 4, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	48 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.