Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
KTS1 follow-up statement
392
WWUS55 KPUB 152151
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
351 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
COC011-025-061-089-152215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0249.000000T0000Z-210715T2215Z/
Otero CO-Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-Bent CO-
351 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...EASTERN CROWLEY AND
NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES...
At 351 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wild Horse
Point, or 42 miles north of La Junta, moving south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Sugar City, Haswell, Blue Lake and Arlington.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3813 10308 3813 10370 3852 10362 3852 10351
3853 10350 3852 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 350DEG 21KT 3858 10343
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
KTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 8:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 79 min |
| Jul 15, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 47 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.