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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 15, 20214 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2021, 3:40 PM MDT for 4 counties in 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 15, 2021, 3:40 PM MDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-427 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

270 
WUUS55 KPUB 152140
SVRPUB
COC011-025-061-089-152215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0249.210715T2140Z-210715T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
340 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southwestern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  Eastern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northwestern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 415 PM MDT.

* At 340 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wild Horse
  Point, or 44 miles south of Limon, moving south at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

  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...
  Sugar City, Haswell, Blue Lake and Arlington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3813 10308 3813 10370 3852 10362 3852 10351
      3853 10350 3852 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 350DEG 21KT 3865 10345 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KTS
1 follow-up statement
392 
WWUS55 KPUB 152151
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
351 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021

COC011-025-061-089-152215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0249.000000T0000Z-210715T2215Z/
Otero CO-Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-Bent CO-
351 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...EASTERN CROWLEY AND
NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES...

At 351 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wild Horse
Point, or 42 miles north of La Junta, moving south at 25 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...
Sugar City, Haswell, Blue Lake and Arlington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3813 10308 3813 10370 3852 10362 3852 10351
      3853 10350 3852 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 350DEG 21KT 3858 10343 

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

KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca35 min
Jul 14, 8:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca37 min
Jul 15, 3:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont38 min
Jul 15, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero79 min
Jul 15, 5:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Crowley, Otero47 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.