Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 257, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2021, 5:37 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2021, 5:37 PM MDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 5:41 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Pritchett, CO | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM PRITCHETT. |
| Jul 17, 5:52 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Pritchett, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
952
WUUS55 KPUB 172337
SVRPUB
COC009-180000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0257.210717T2337Z-210718T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
537 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 600 PM MDT.
* At 537 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pritchett, or
13 miles west of Springfield, moving west 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...
Pritchett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3745 10286 3738 10275 3724 10290 3738 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 069DEG 11KT 3738 10286
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Cohen3 follow-up statements
416
WWUS55 KPUB 172347
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
547 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021
COC009-180000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0257.000000T0000Z-210718T0000Z/
Baca CO-
547 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...
At 547 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pritchett, or
16 miles west of Springfield, moving southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Pritchett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3745 10287 3736 10277 3724 10290 3738 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 055DEG 13KT 3734 10290
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Cohen564
WWUS55 KPUB 172352
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
552 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021
COC009-180000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0257.000000T0000Z-210718T0000Z/
Baca CO-
552 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...
At 551 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pritchett, or
17 miles west of Springfield, moving west at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Public reported quarter size hail that occurred earlier
with this storm as it moved over Pritchett.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Pritchett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3745 10287 3736 10277 3724 10290 3738 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 069DEG 11KT 3733 10292
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Cohen607
WWUS55 KPUB 172358
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
558 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021
COC009-180008-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0257.000000T0000Z-210718T0000Z/
Baca CO-
558 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3745 10287 3736 10277 3724 10290 3738 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 069DEG 11KT 3733 10294
$$
CohenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 15 min |
| Jul 16, 6:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 14 min |
| Jul 16, 6:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 6:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 7:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 51 min |
| Jul 16, 8:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 8:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 9:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 1:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 15 min |
| Jul 17, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 2:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 2:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 16 min |
| Jul 17, 2:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 14 min |
| Jul 17, 3:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 3:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Teller | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 4:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 4:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 17 min |
| Jul 17, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 4:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 4:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 17 min |
| Jul 17, 4:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 26 min | |
| Jul 17, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 17 min |
| Jul 17, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 15 min |
| Jul 17, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 18 min |
| Jul 17, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 17 min |
| Jul 17, 5:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 14 min |
| Jul 17, 5:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 18 min |
| Jul 17, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 5:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.