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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 13, 2021Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2021, 1:08 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 21 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 13, 2021, 1:08 PM MDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2021, 1:29 PM MDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -357 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

289 
WUUS55 KPUB 131908
SVRPUB
COC119-131945-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0246.210713T1908Z-210713T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
108 PM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Teller County in central Colorado...

* Until 145 PM MDT.

* At 108 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Florissant,
  or 25 miles northwest of Colorado Springs, moving southeast 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...
  Divide.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3894 10507 3885 10523 3900 10533 3901 10533
      3906 10524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 325DEG 11KT 3899 10525 

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

mw

2 follow-up statements

602 
WWUS55 KPUB 131917
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
117 PM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021

COC119-131945-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-210713T1945Z/
Teller CO-
117 PM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...

At 117 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Florissant, or
23 miles northwest of Colorado Springs, moving southeast 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...
Divide.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3894 10507 3885 10523 3898 10530 3900 10530
      3904 10522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 325DEG 11KT 3897 10523 

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

mw

198 
WWUS55 KPUB 131929
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
129 PM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021

COC119-131939-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-210713T1945Z/
Teller CO-
129 PM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER 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 and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3894 10507 3885 10523 3898 10530 3900 10530
      3904 10522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 325DEG 11KT 3894 10520 

$$

mw

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 12:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	40 min
Jul 13, 1:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	36 min
Jul 13, 1:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	31 min
Jul 13, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	25 min
Jul 13, 3:01 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Chaffee, Fremont, Saguache	3 hr
Jul 13, 3:11 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Custer, Fremont, Saguache	3 hr
Jul 13, 4:18 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Chaffee	3 hr
Jul 13, 4:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	38 min
Jul 13, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano	32 min
Jul 13, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	34 min
Jul 13, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	45 min
Jul 13, 5:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	48 min
Jul 13, 5:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	46 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.