Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 9:40 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min. 5 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, 9:40 PM MDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2021, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 9:41 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 N Brandon, CO | DELAYED 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. |
| Jul 9, 9:59 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | Ene Bristol, CO | |
| Jul 9, 9:59 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 86 | 6 Wnw Granada, CO | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 6 WNW GRANADA -- CORRECTED TO CHANGE 959AM TO 959PM MDT. MEASURED WIND GUST OF 86 MPH IN ASSOCIATION WITH A CLUSTER OF STORMS FRIDAY EVENING. |
| Jul 9, 10:05 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | Towner, CO | PICTURES OF A DEMOLISHED GARAGE WAS SENT TO THE OFFICE EMAIL. THE COOP OBSERVER ALSO REPORTED 33 BROKEN TELEPHONE POLES ON HIGHWAY 96 AROUND THE TOWN OF TOWNER. |
| Jul 9, 10:10 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Sheridan Lake, CO | WELL BUILT OUTBUILDING BLOWN DOWN, MULTIPLE POWER POLES DOWN, MULTIPLE TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED, AN RV ROLLED OVER. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
530
WUUS55 KPUB 100340
SVRPUB
COC061-099-100415-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0244.210710T0340Z-210710T0415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
940 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
Eastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 1015 PM MDT.
* At 939 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chivington,
or 24 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. Near zero visibility in blowing
dust will be possible as well.
* Locations impacted include...
Granada, Sheridan Lake, Hartman, Towner, Bristol, Chivington and
Brandon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3799 10250 3861 10269 3861 10205 3810 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 334DEG 34KT 3850 10254
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
EP1 follow-up statement
985
WWUS55 KPUB 100353
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
953 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021
COC061-099-100415-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0244.000000T0000Z-210710T0415Z/
Prowers CO-Kiowa CO-
953 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PROWERS AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...
At 952 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brandon, or 22
miles north of Lamar, moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees. Blowing dust may reduce
visibility to near zero at times.
Locations impacted include...
Granada, Sheridan Lake, Hartman, Towner, Bristol, Chivington and
Brandon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3799 10250 3861 10269 3861 10205 3810 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 334DEG 34KT 3838 10247
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 9:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 10:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 10:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 44 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.