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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 266, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 25, 2021Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2021, 2:58 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 62 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 25, 2021, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -359 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

806 
WUUS55 KPUB 252058
SVRPUB
COC061-252200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0266.210725T2058Z-210725T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
258 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 258 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
  of Brandon, or 19 miles south of Cheyenne Wells, and is nearly
  stationary.

  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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Sheridan Lake, Chivington and Brandon. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3860 10257 3861 10235 3842 10222 3841 10256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 317DEG 2KT 3855 10249 

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

Cohen

2 follow-up statements

802 
WWUS55 KPUB 252117
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
317 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

COC061-252200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-210725T2200Z/
Kiowa CO-
317 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 317 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brandon, or 20
miles south of Cheyenne Wells, moving south at 5 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.

Locations impacted include...
Sheridan Lake, Chivington and Brandon. 

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 3860 10257 3861 10235 3842 10222 3841 10256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 350DEG 6KT 3854 10248 

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

Cohen

119 
WWUS55 KPUB 252146
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
346 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

COC061-252200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-210725T2200Z/
Kiowa CO-
346 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 346 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brandon, or 23
miles south of Cheyenne Wells, and is nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Golf 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.

Locations impacted include...
Sheridan Lake, Chivington and Brandon. 

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 3860 10257 3861 10235 3842 10222 3841 10256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 346DEG 4KT 3850 10247 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 6:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	51 min
Jul 24, 8:49 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Custer, Saguache	92 min
Jul 25, 12:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	21 min
Jul 25, 12:31 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Costilla, Huerfano	3 hr
Jul 25, 1:09 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Huerfano	3 hr
Jul 25, 2:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	46 min
Jul 25, 3:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	39 min
Jul 25, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	68 min
Jul 25, 4:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	52 min
Jul 25, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	60 min
Jul 25, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	57 min
Jul 25, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	56 min
Jul 25, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	39 min
Jul 25, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	37 min
Jul 25, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	40 min
Jul 25, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	53 min
Jul 25, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	51 min
Jul 25, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	30 min
Jul 25, 5:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	55 min
Jul 25, 5:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Fremont, Saguache	3 hr
Jul 25, 5:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Otero, Pueblo	47 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.