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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 9, 2021Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 9:13 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2021, 9:13 PM MDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 9:20 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 609 N Brandon, COESTIMATED WINDS 40 TO 60 MPH WITH BLOWING DUST
Jul 9, 9:41 PM MDTTSTM WND DMG9 N Brandon, CODELAYED REPORT. MULTIPLE GRAIN AUGERS BLOWN OVER. SEVERE CROP DAMAGE. TWO GRAIN BINS WERE DESTROYED WITH DAMAGE TO 3 OTHERS. THIS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF KIOWA COUNTY FRIDAY EVENING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 8:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2021-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 807 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
807 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

288 
WUUS55 KPUB 100313
SVRPUB
COC061-100345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0243.210710T0313Z-210710T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
913 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 945 PM MDT.

* At 912 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
  of Kit Carson, or 30 miles west of Cheyenne Wells, moving southeast
  at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Eads, Sheridan Lake, Neeoshe Reservoir, Towner, Sweetwater
  Reservoir, Chivington, Brandon, Neegronda Reservoir and Queens
  Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3828 10314 3861 10314 3861 10205 3828 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 334DEG 34KT 3868 10289 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

EP
2 follow-up statements
745 
WWUS55 KPUB 100322
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
922 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

COC061-100345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-210710T0345Z/
Kiowa CO-
922 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT
FOR KIOWA COUNTY...

At 921 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Eads, or 30 miles southwest of Cheyenne Wells, moving southeast at 40
mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings. Blowing dust ahead of this storm 
         will likely reduce visibility to near zero at times. 
 
Locations impacted include...
Eads, Sheridan Lake, Neeoshe Reservoir, Towner, Sweetwater Reservoir,
Chivington, Brandon, Neegronda Reservoir and Queens Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3828 10314 3861 10314 3861 10205 3828 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 334DEG 34KT 3860 10284 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

EP
877 
WWUS55 KPUB 100332
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
932 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

COC061-100345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-210710T0345Z/
Kiowa CO-
932 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT
FOR KIOWA COUNTY...

At 931 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Eads, or 30
miles north of Lamar, moving southeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings. Near zero visibility in blowing 
         dust is possible as well. 

Locations impacted include...
Eads, Sheridan Lake, Neeoshe Reservoir, Towner, Sweetwater Reservoir,
Chivington, Brandon, Neegronda Reservoir and Queens Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3828 10297 3861 10295 3861 10205 3828 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 334DEG 34KT 3851 10278 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

EP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo38 min
Jul 9, 9:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers35 min
Jul 9, 10:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers23 min
Jul 9, 10:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.