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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 21, 2021Custer County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2021, 3:44 PM MDT for Custer County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 21, 2021, 3:44 PM MDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2021, 4:17 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Custer County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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 271 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 2021-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2182 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

922 
WUUS55 KPUB 212144
SVRPUB
COC027-212230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0263.210721T2144Z-210721T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
344 PM MDT Wed Jul 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Custer County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 430 PM MDT.

* At 344 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northeast
  of Crestone Peak, or 17 miles west of Junkins Burn Scar, and is
  nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Silver Cliff, Westcliffe and Rosita. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3807 10545 3814 10549 3820 10535 3810 10529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 237DEG 2KT 3811 10543 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Heavener
2 follow-up statements
598 
WWUS55 KPUB 212205
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
405 PM MDT Wed Jul 21 2021

COC027-212230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-210721T2230Z/
Custer CO-
405 PM MDT Wed Jul 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...

At 404 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northeast
of Crestone Peak, or 16 miles west of Junkins Burn Scar, and is
nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Silver Cliff, Westcliffe and Rosita. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3808 10543 3814 10548 3820 10535 3810 10529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 237DEG 2KT 3812 10542 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Heavener
676 
WWUS55 KPUB 212217
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
417 PM MDT Wed Jul 21 2021

COC027-212226-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-210721T2230Z/
Custer CO-
417 PM MDT Wed Jul 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.  However heavy rain is 
still possible with this thunderstorm and a flash flood warning is 
in effect for the Westcliffe area.

LAT...LON 3808 10543 3814 10548 3820 10535 3810 10529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 237DEG 2KT 3812 10541 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee12 min
Jul 21, 2:57 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 5 more19 hr
Jul 21, 1:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla61 min
Jul 21, 1:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos54 min
Jul 21, 2:02 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBChaffee3 hr
Jul 21, 2:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa35 min
Jul 21, 2:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBMineral56 min
Jul 21, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller46 min
Jul 21, 3:38 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBFremont2 hr
Jul 21, 3:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster35 min
Jul 21, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller48 min
Jul 21, 4:08 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCuster3 hr
Jul 21, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache44 min
Jul 21, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso47 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.