Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 7:56 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 12, 2021, 7:56 PM MDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 616 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
436
WUUS55 KPUB 130156
SVRPUB
COC041-130230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0273.210813T0156Z-210813T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
756 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central El Paso County in east central Colorado...
* Until 830 PM MDT.
* At 756 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Peyton, or 21
miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving southwest at 10 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...
Peyton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3901 10441 3893 10457 3913 10469 3913 10446
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 066DEG 8KT 3906 10454
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Rodriguez2 follow-up statements
034
WWUS55 KPUB 130210
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
810 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
COC041-130230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-210813T0230Z/
El Paso CO-
810 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
At 810 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Peyton, or 21
miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving west at 5 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Peyton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3901 10441 3893 10457 3913 10469 3913 10446
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 068DEG 6KT 3906 10455
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Rodriguez378
WWUS55 KPUB 130225
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
825 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
COC041-130234-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-210813T0230Z/
El Paso CO-
825 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 830 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 gusty
winds and heavy rain with localized flooding are still possible with
this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3901 10441 3893 10457 3913 10469 3913 10446
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 066DEG 8KT 3905 10458
$$
RodriguezThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 6:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 8:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 25 min | |
| Aug 13, 3:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 23 min |
| Aug 13, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 30 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.