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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 12, 2021Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2021, 8:47 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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
Sep 12, 2021, 8:47 PM MDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2021, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

073 
WUUS55 KPUB 130247
SVRPUB
COC099-130315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0280.210913T0247Z-210913T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
847 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 915 PM MDT.

* At 846 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
  Granada, or 18 miles southeast of Lamar, moving northeast at 20
  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...
  Granada, Hartman and Bristol.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3766 10218 3794 10256 3823 10241 3805 10204
      3775 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 206DEG 17KT 3793 10235 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

KTS
2 follow-up statements
315 
WWUS55 KPUB 130305
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
905 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

COC099-130315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0280.000000T0000Z-210913T0315Z/
Prowers CO-
905 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY...

At 905 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Granada, or 16
miles west of Coolidge, moving northeast at 20 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...
Holly, Granada, Hartman and Bristol. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3768 10214 3805 10250 3823 10241 3805 10204
      3775 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 206DEG 17KT 3801 10230 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

KTS
916 
WWUS55 KPUB 130309
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
909 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

COC099-130319-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0280.000000T0000Z-210913T0315Z/
Prowers CO-
909 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 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 are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3768 10214 3805 10250 3823 10241 3805 10204
      3775 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 206DEG 17KT 3802 10229 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa42 min
Sep 12, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers46 min
Sep 12, 6:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent42 min
Sep 12, 7:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa66 min
Sep 12, 7:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent38 min
Sep 12, 7:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent33 min
Sep 12, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent50 min
Sep 12, 8:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers63 min
Sep 12, 8:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa56 min
Sep 12, 9:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa59 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.