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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 15, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2021, 6:31 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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, 6:31 PM MDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 282 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 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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 2021-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

090 
WUUS55 KPUB 160031
SVRPUB
COC071-160100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0251.210716T0031Z-210716T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 631 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles southeast
  of Thatcher, or 38 miles northeast of Trinidad, moving east 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3735 10396 3746 10396 3753 10356 3720 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 280DEG 11KT 3740 10387 

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

KTS
1 follow-up statement
443 
WWUS55 KPUB 160052
SVSPUB

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

COC071-160100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0251.000000T0000Z-210716T0100Z/
Las Animas CO-
652 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 652 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles southeast
of Thatcher, or 42 miles east of Trinidad, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3735 10396 3746 10396 3753 10356 3720 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 280DEG 11KT 3739 10379 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 6:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent46 min
Jul 15, 6:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas33 min
Jul 15, 6:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent36 min
Jul 15, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero28 min
Jul 15, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso53 min
Jul 15, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas32 min
Jul 15, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas29 min
Jul 15, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas28 min
Jul 15, 7:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo41 min
Jul 15, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero29 min
Jul 15, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero17 min
Jul 15, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas31 min
Jul 15, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca45 min
Jul 15, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas12 min
Jul 15, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas29 min
Jul 15, 8:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas32 min
Jul 15, 8:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano52 min
Jul 15, 11:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso35 min
Jul 15, 11:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso47 min
Jul 16, 1:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano44 min
Jul 16, 2:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano48 min
Jul 16, 3:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller23 min
Jul 16, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas22 min
Jul 16, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso18 min
Jul 16, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo14 min
Jul 16, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont27 min
Jul 16, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas24 min
Jul 16, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo15 min
Jul 16, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero12 min
Jul 16, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero12 min
Jul 16, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo31 min
Jul 16, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero30 min
Jul 16, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 min
Jul 16, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent19 min
Jul 16, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso43 min
Jul 16, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero24 min
Jul 16, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB23 min
Jul 16, 5:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley20 min
Jul 16, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo13 min
Jul 16, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley9 min
Jul 16, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa23 min
Jul 16, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley, Otero41 min
Jul 16, 5:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller33 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.