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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 14, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2021, 4:46 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 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 14, 2021, 4:46 PM MDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Sep 14, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Las Animas County, CO

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 14, 1:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 311 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

929 
WUUS55 KPUB 142246
SVRPUB
COC071-142345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0285.210914T2246Z-210914T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 545 PM MDT.

* At 446 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
  Trinidad, moving southeast at 45 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Trinidad, Starkville and Hoehne around 455 PM MDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Trinchera.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 10460 3737 10467 3741 10369 3700 10366
      3699 10441
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 307DEG 39KT 3728 10456 

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

$$

KTS

3 follow-up statements

325 
WWUS55 KPUB 142314
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
514 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

COC071-142345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-210914T2345Z/
Las Animas CO-
514 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 514 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northeast
of Sugarite Canyon State Park, or 14 miles east of Trinidad, moving
southeast at 45 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...
  Trinchera.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3731 10464 3734 10438 3733 10421 3700 10389
      3699 10441 3720 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 307DEG 39KT 3710 10426 

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

$$

KTS

263 
WWUS55 KPUB 142330
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
530 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

COC071-142345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-210914T2345Z/
Las Animas CO-
530 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 530 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Trinchera, or
21 miles northwest of Des Moines, moving southeast at 45 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...
Trinidad, Starkville, Hoehne and Trinchera. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3726 10456 3729 10435 3727 10415 3700 10389
      3699 10441 3720 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 307DEG 39KT 3699 10408 

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

$$

KTS

729 
WWUS55 KPUB 142339
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
539 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

COC071-142349-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-210914T2345Z/
Las Animas CO-
539 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 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 gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3726 10456 3729 10435 3727 10415 3700 10389
      3699 10441 3720 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 290DEG 19KT 3716 10434 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 14, 12:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	22 min
Sep 14, 1:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	34 min
Sep 14, 2:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	25 min
Sep 14, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	26 min
Sep 14, 2:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	27 min
Sep 14, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	46 min
Sep 14, 3:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	26 min
Sep 14, 3:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	58 min
Sep 14, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	44 min
Sep 14, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	58 min
Sep 14, 4:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	25 min
Sep 14, 4:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	26 min
Sep 14, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	41 min
Sep 14, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley	77 min
Sep 14, 5:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	33 min
Sep 14, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		29 min
Sep 14, 5:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	38 min
Sep 14, 5:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	64 min
Sep 14, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Otero	75 min
Sep 14, 5:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	46 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.