Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2021, 6:58 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 6:58 PM MDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS55 KPUB 160058
SVRPUB
COC071-160130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0252.210716T0058Z-210716T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
658 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 730 PM MDT.
* At 658 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles southeast
of Thatcher, or 40 miles south of La Junta, moving east at 10 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 3738 10386 3745 10389 3759 10366 3736 10357
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 249DEG 10KT 3744 10381
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KTS2 follow-up statements
834
WWUS55 KPUB 160113
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
713 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
COC071-160130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-210716T0130Z/
Las Animas CO-
713 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
At 712 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles southeast
of Thatcher, or 38 miles south of La Junta, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Las Animas County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3740 10380 3748 10384 3759 10366 3739 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 249DEG 10KT 3745 10376
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KTS872
WWUS55 KPUB 160126
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
726 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
COC071-160136-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-210716T0130Z/
Las Animas CO-
726 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 730 PM MDT...
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 will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3740 10380 3748 10384 3759 10366 3739 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 232DEG 11KT 3749 10373
$$
KTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 6:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 6:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 6:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 7:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 7:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 7:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 17 min |
| Jul 15, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 12 min |
| Jul 15, 7:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 8:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 8:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 11:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 11:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 1:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 2:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 3:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 22 min |
| Jul 16, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 18 min |
| Jul 16, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 14 min |
| Jul 16, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 15 min |
| Jul 16, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 12 min |
| Jul 16, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 12 min |
| Jul 16, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 4:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 4:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 19 min |
| Jul 16, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 23 min | |
| Jul 16, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 20 min |
| Jul 16, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 13 min |
| Jul 16, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 9 min |
| Jul 16, 5:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 5:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 5:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 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.