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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 22, 2021Saguache County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2021, 3:55 PM MDT for Saguache County, 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 22, 2021, 3:55 PM MDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2021, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 234 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-22Temperature 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
1949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

416 
WUUS55 KPUB 222155
SVRPUB
COC109-222230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0264.210722T2155Z-210722T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
355 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Saguache County in central Colorado...

* Until 430 PM MDT.

* At 355 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Villa Grove,
  or 10 miles south of Decker Burn Scar, 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  north central Saguache County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3834 10598 3825 10596 3819 10610 3835 10613
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 078DEG 11KT 3829 10601 

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

KTS
3 follow-up statements
591 
WWUS55 KPUB 222212
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
412 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

COC109-222230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-210722T2230Z/
Saguache CO-
412 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

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

At 412 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bonanza, or 11
miles south of Decker Burn Scar, moving west at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north
central Saguache County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3834 10598 3825 10596 3820 10607 3835 10611
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 078DEG 11KT 3828 10608 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KTS
736 
WWUS55 KPUB 222222
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
422 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

COC109-222230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-210722T2230Z/
Saguache CO-
422 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY...

At 422 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bonanza, or 13
miles southwest of Decker Burn Scar, moving west at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Saguache County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3834 10598 3825 10596 3823 10601 3826 10609
      3835 10611
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 078DEG 11KT 3827 10612 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KTS
642 
WWUS55 KPUB 222231
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
431 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

COC109-222240-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-210722T2230Z/
Saguache CO-
431 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
 Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However gusty 
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3834 10598 3825 10596 3823 10601 3826 10609
      3835 10611
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 078DEG 11KT 3826 10615 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 6:19 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 21, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos39 min
Jul 21, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla46 min
Jul 21, 7:00 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 22, 2:42 AM MDTFlood WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache6 min
Jul 22, 2:54 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache18 hr
Jul 22, 1:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande62 min
Jul 22, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache46 min
Jul 22, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBMineral60 min
Jul 22, 3:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCostilla3 hr
Jul 22, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache54 min
Jul 22, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBSaguache19 min
Jul 22, 4:29 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBFremont, Saguache3 hr
Jul 22, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster46 min
Jul 22, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache32 min
Jul 22, 5:06 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas3 hr
Jul 22, 5:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa39 min
Jul 22, 5:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBSaguache3 hr
Jul 22, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa46 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.