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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 4, 2021Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 8:25 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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, 8:25 PM MDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 4, 2:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-05Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

343 
WUUS55 KPUB 050225
SVRPUB
COC061-099-050300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0227.210705T0225Z-210705T0300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 900 PM MDT.

* At 825 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Sheridan Lake to 7 miles north of Bristol to
  near Granada, moving south at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lamar, Granada, Sheridan Lake, Hartman and Bristol. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3851 10210 3775 10218 3803 10264 3830 10239
      3854 10234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 350DEG 31KT 3843 10225 3823 10231 3807 10240 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

kam
1 follow-up statement
850 
WWUS55 KPUB 050246
SVSPUB

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

COC061-050256-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-210705T0300Z/
Kiowa CO-
846 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3798 10257 3826 10239 3820 10213 3775 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 350DEG 31KT 3826 10221 3806 10227 3790 10236 

$$

COC099-050300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-210705T0300Z/
Prowers CO-
846 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...

At 846 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles north of Hartman to near Granada to 15 miles
south of Bristol, moving south at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Granada, Hartman and Bristol. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3798 10257 3826 10239 3820 10213 3775 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 350DEG 31KT 3826 10221 3806 10227 3790 10236 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

kam

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 6:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller25 min
Jul 4, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca42 min
Jul 4, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa41 min
Jul 4, 6:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller26 min
Jul 4, 6:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller35 min
Jul 4, 7:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers41 min
Jul 4, 7:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca41 min
Jul 4, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers38 min
Jul 4, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont46 min
Jul 4, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca17 min
Jul 4, 7:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas21 min
Jul 4, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers30 min
Jul 4, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers37 min
Jul 4, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca51 min
Jul 4, 8:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers44 min
Jul 4, 8:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont42 min
Jul 4, 8:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Prowers25 min
Jul 4, 8:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBProwers2 hr
Jul 4, 8:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca33 min
Jul 4, 8:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Prowers31 min
Jul 4, 8:48 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCuster, Fremont85 min
Jul 4, 9:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers44 min
Jul 4, 9:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas35 min
Jul 4, 9:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers38 min
Jul 4, 9:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB31 min
Jul 4, 9:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent34 min
Jul 5, 2:39 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more18 hr
Jul 5, 12:45 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBChaffee3 hr
Jul 5, 1:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache48 min
Jul 5, 1:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBMineral35 min
Jul 5, 1:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee38 min
Jul 5, 2:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller23 min
Jul 5, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache47 min
Jul 5, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBTeller24 min
Jul 5, 2:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont35 min
Jul 5, 2:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont33 min
Jul 5, 3:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster36 min
Jul 5, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande31 min
Jul 5, 3:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache37 min
Jul 5, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa31 min
Jul 5, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster31 min
Jul 5, 3:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCuster56 min
Jul 5, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa28 min
Jul 5, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa37 min
Jul 5, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster34 min
Jul 5, 4:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Saguache26 min
Jul 5, 4:47 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCuster, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 5, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla38 min
Jul 5, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster32 min
Jul 5, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla31 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.