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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 14, 2021Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2021, 4:58 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 77 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, 4:58 PM MDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Sep 14, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 77 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Crowley County, CO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 14, 5:45 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ordway, CO	2-3 INCH LIMBS OF TREES SNAPPED OFF OF HEALTHY TREES - GREEN GROWTH WAS NOTED ON THE LIMBS. METAL SIDING AND ROOFING DEBRIS REPORTED SCATTERED AROUND ORDWAY.

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.

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.

634 
WUUS55 KPUB 142258
SVRPUB
COC025-150015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0286.210914T2258Z-210915T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern and Central Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 615 PM MDT.

* At 457 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles northwest
  of Crowley, or 35 miles northwest of La Junta, moving southeast at
  30 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Crowley, Ordway and Sugar City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3841 10372 3822 10351 3817 10351 3817 10362
      3811 10362 3811 10384 3813 10386 3812 10390
      3813 10391 3812 10391 3812 10394 3815 10399
      3814 10402 3834 10404 3843 10393
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 320DEG 25KT 3838 10396 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Cohen

5 follow-up statements

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

COC025-150015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-210915T0015Z/
Crowley CO-
521 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...

At 521 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ordway, or 26
miles northwest of La Junta, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ordway, Sugar City and Crowley. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3839 10375 3822 10351 3817 10351 3817 10362
      3811 10362 3811 10384 3813 10386 3812 10390
      3813 10391 3812 10391 3812 10394 3835 10391
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 306DEG 26KT 3831 10379 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Cohen

716 
WWUS55 KPUB 142332
SVSPUB

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

COC025-150015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-210915T0015Z/
Crowley CO-
532 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...

At 532 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ordway, or 22
miles northwest of La Junta, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ordway, Sugar City and Crowley. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3834 10374 3822 10351 3817 10351 3817 10362
      3811 10362 3811 10384 3813 10386 3821 10390
      3829 10387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 321DEG 22KT 3826 10374 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Cohen

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

COC025-150015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-210915T0015Z/
Crowley CO-
548 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...

At 548 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sugar City, or
16 miles northwest of La Junta, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ordway and Sugar City. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3830 10370 3822 10351 3817 10351 3817 10362
      3811 10362 3811 10375 3823 10381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 317DEG 19KT 3820 10367 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Cohen

257 
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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
602 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

COC025-150015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-210915T0015Z/
Crowley CO-
602 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...

At 602 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cheraw, or 11
miles north of La Junta, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Public reported wind damage in the Ordway area.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ordway and Sugar City. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3830 10370 3822 10351 3817 10351 3817 10362
      3811 10362 3811 10375 3823 10381
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 318DEG 22KT 3814 10360 

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

$$

Cohen

748 
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SVSPUB

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

COC025-150017-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-210915T0015Z/
Crowley CO-
607 PM MDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
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 3830 10370 3822 10351 3817 10351 3817 10362
      3811 10362 3811 10375 3823 10381
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 320DEG 25KT 3812 10358 

$$

Cohen

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, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	59 min
Sep 14, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.