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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 14, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2021, 2:33 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 2021, 2:33 PM MDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 14, 2:45 PM MDTHAIL 13 Sse Black Forest, COHAIL WAS MIXED WITH PEA TO QUARTER SIZE, POSSIBLY LARGER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 14, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-309 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

093 
WUUS55 KPUB 142033
SVRPUB
COC041-142100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0281.210914T2033Z-210914T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
233 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 300 PM MDT.

* At 233 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Black Forest,
  or 15 miles north of Colorado Springs, moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Black Forest around 245 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3906 10481 3910 10477 3908 10449 3892 10470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 306DEG 17KT 3905 10475 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 12:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont22 min
Sep 14, 1:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso34 min
Sep 14, 2:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller25 min
Sep 14, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller26 min
Sep 14, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso46 min
Sep 14, 3:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont26 min
Sep 14, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso58 min
Sep 14, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano44 min
Sep 14, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo58 min
Sep 14, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo25 min
Sep 14, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller26 min
Sep 14, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas59 min
Sep 14, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla41 min
Sep 14, 4:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCrowley77 min
Sep 14, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster33 min
Sep 14, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB29 min
Sep 14, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo38 min
Sep 14, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas64 min
Sep 14, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBOtero75 min
Sep 14, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.