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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 4, 2021Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 6:28 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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, 6:28 PM MDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2021, 7:09 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

317 
WUUS55 KPUB 050028
SVRPUB
COC061-050130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0219.210705T0028Z-210705T0130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 730 PM MDT.

* At 628 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
  Haswell, or 45 miles northwest of Lamar, moving south at 20 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...
  Haswell.

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 3842 10287 3833 10325 3852 10328 3853 10317
      3855 10318 3861 10317 3861 10302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 343DEG 18KT 3858 10315 

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

MOORE

2 follow-up statements

004 
WWUS55 KPUB 050047
SVSPUB

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

COC061-050130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0219.000000T0000Z-210705T0130Z/
Kiowa CO-
647 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 647 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Haswell, or 41
miles northwest of Lamar, 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...
Haswell.

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 3842 10287 3833 10325 3852 10328 3853 10317
      3855 10318 3861 10317 3861 10302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 346DEG 13KT 3852 10313 

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

MOORE

279 
WWUS55 KPUB 050109
SVSPUB

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

COC061-050119-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0219.000000T0000Z-210705T0130Z/
Kiowa CO-
709 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY 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 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 3842 10287 3833 10325 3852 10328 3853 10317
      3855 10318 3861 10317 3861 10302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 343DEG 18KT 3830 10304 

$$

MOORE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	25 min
Jul 4, 6:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	42 min
Jul 4, 6:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	26 min
Jul 4, 6:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
Jul 4, 7:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	41 min
Jul 4, 7:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	41 min
Jul 4, 7:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	38 min
Jul 4, 7:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	46 min
Jul 4, 7:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	17 min
Jul 4, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	21 min
Jul 4, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	30 min
Jul 4, 8:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	37 min
Jul 4, 8:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	51 min
Jul 4, 8:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	44 min
Jul 4, 8:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	42 min
Jul 4, 8:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	25 min
Jul 4, 8:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	35 min
Jul 4, 8:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Prowers	2 hr
Jul 4, 8:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	33 min
Jul 4, 8:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	31 min
Jul 4, 8:48 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Custer, Fremont	85 min
Jul 4, 9:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	44 min
Jul 4, 9:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	35 min
Jul 4, 9:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	38 min
Jul 4, 9:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		31 min
Jul 4, 9:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	34 min
Jul 5, 2:39 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more	18 hr
Jul 5, 12:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Chaffee	3 hr
Jul 5, 1:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	48 min
Jul 5, 1:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Mineral	35 min
Jul 5, 1:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	38 min
Jul 5, 2:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	23 min
Jul 5, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	47 min
Jul 5, 2:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Teller	24 min
Jul 5, 2:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	35 min
Jul 5, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	33 min
Jul 5, 3:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	36 min
Jul 5, 3:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Rio Grande	31 min
Jul 5, 3:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	37 min
Jul 5, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	31 min
Jul 5, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	31 min
Jul 5, 3:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Custer	56 min
Jul 5, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	28 min
Jul 5, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	37 min
Jul 5, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	34 min
Jul 5, 4:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Saguache	26 min
Jul 5, 4:47 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Custer, Huerfano	3 hr
Jul 5, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	38 min
Jul 5, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	32 min
Jul 5, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	31 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.