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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 4, 2021Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 5:29 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 31 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), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 297 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.

150 
WUUS55 KPUB 042329
SVRPUB
COC055-071-050000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0215.210704T2329Z-210705T0000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Huerfano County in southeastern Colorado...
  West central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 529 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Walsenburg, or 19 miles east of Indian Creek on the southeastern
  Spring Burn Scar, moving south 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...
  Aguilar.

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 3758 10484 3756 10466 3733 10458 3736 10494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 004DEG 15KT 3750 10477 

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

kam

2 follow-up statements

725 
WWUS55 KPUB 042343
SVSPUB

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

COC055-071-050000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0215.000000T0000Z-210705T0000Z/
Huerfano CO-Las Animas CO-
543 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO AND WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...

At 543 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Aguilar, or 19
miles east of Indian Creek on the southeastern Spring Burn Scar,
moving south 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...
Aguilar.

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 3751 10483 3752 10468 3733 10458 3736 10494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 340DEG 11KT 3746 10475 

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

kam

736 
WWUS55 KPUB 042357
SVSPUB

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

COC055-071-050007-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0215.000000T0000Z-210705T0000Z/
Huerfano CO-Las Animas CO-
557 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO AND
WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS 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
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3751 10483 3752 10468 3733 10458 3736 10494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 004DEG 15KT 3741 10475 

$$

kam

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, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	33 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.