Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2021, 6:12 PM MDT for Baca 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 31, 2021, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 200 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
317
WUUS55 KPUB 010012
SVRPUB
COC009-010045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0270.210801T0012Z-210801T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
612 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 645 PM MDT.
* At 612 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
Vilas, or 16 miles southeast of Springfield, and is nearly
stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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
central Baca County.
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 3738 10239 3718 10228 3711 10260 3733 10265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 062DEG 2KT 3723 10242
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MG/KM2 follow-up statements
056
WWUS55 KPUB 010029
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
629 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021
COC009-010045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-210801T0045Z/
Baca CO-
629 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...
At 628 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
Vilas, or 16 miles southeast of Springfield, and is nearly
stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Baca County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3738 10239 3718 10228 3711 10260 3733 10265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 062DEG 2KT 3723 10243
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MG667
WWUS55 KPUB 010038
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
638 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021
COC009-010048-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-210801T0045Z/
Baca CO-
638 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BACA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 645 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 heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3738 10239 3718 10228 3711 10260 3733 10265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 062DEG 2KT 3723 10244
$$
MGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 6:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 6:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jul 31, 6:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 6:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 6:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 22 min |
| Jul 31, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 7:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 40 min | |
| Jul 31, 7:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 35 min | |
| Jul 31, 7:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 7:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 61 min |
| Jul 31, 7:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 8:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 8:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 8:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 10:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 10:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 11:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 11:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:43 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:04 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 18 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:29 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Pueblo | 94 min |
| Aug 1, 3:30 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Pueblo | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:00 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 26 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:44 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:20 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | PUB | Otero | 14 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 7 more | 32 hr |
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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.