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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 4, 2021Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 8:42 PM MDT for Baca 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, 8:42 PM MDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2021, 9:15 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 239 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: 1508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 6.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

435 
WUUS55 KPUB 050242
SVRPUB
COC009-050315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0228.210705T0242Z-210705T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
842 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Baca County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 915 PM MDT.

* At 842 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vilas, or 9
  miles southeast of Springfield, moving southwest at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch 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...
  Vilas and Campo. 

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 3742 10247 3734 10232 3701 10258 3722 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 039DEG 21KT 3731 10250 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

kam

3 follow-up statements

722 
WWUS55 KPUB 050254
SVSPUB

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

COC009-050315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-210705T0315Z/
Baca CO-
854 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...

At 854 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southwest
of Vilas, or 10 miles south of Springfield, moving southwest at 25
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...
Campo.

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 3736 10252 3727 10237 3701 10258 3722 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 039DEG 21KT 3726 10256 

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

kam

338 
WWUS55 KPUB 050303
SVSPUB

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

COC009-050315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-210705T0315Z/
Baca CO-
903 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...

At 903 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Campo, or 13 miles south of Springfield, moving southwest at 25 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...
Campo.

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 3733 10259 3722 10241 3701 10258 3722 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 039DEG 21KT 3722 10260 

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

kam

532 
WWUS55 KPUB 050311
SVSPUB

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

COC009-050321-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-210705T0315Z/
Baca CO-
911 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 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 3733 10259 3722 10241 3701 10258 3722 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 039DEG 21KT 3719 10263 

$$

kam

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, 6:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	41 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, 8:44 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.