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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 292, NWS Pueblo, CO

October 12, 2021Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2021, 5:56 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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: Oct 12, 2021, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: Oct 12, 2021, 6:25 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 12, 2:46 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1285 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

577 
WUUS55 KPUB 122356
SVRPUB
COC061-130100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0292.211012T2356Z-211013T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
556 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 556 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Towner, or 19
  miles west of Tribune, 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  eastern Kiowa County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10232 3828 10232 3862 10220 3862 10205
      3827 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 223DEG 18KT 3850 10211 

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

$$

Cohen

2 follow-up statements

454 
WWUS55 KPUB 130002
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
602 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

COC061-130100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0292.000000T0000Z-211013T0100Z/
Kiowa CO-
602 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 602 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles north of Towner to 12 miles north of Hartman,
moving northeast at 25 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...
Towner.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10222 3862 10220 3862 10205 3827 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 246DEG 23KT 3860 10208 3829 10217 

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

$$

Cohen

519 
WWUS55 KPUB 130025
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
625 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

COC061-130034-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0292.000000T0000Z-211013T0100Z/
Kiowa CO-
625 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However, small hail and 
gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

LAT...LON 3827 10222 3862 10220 3862 10205 3827 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 223DEG 18KT 3868 10198 3837 10207 

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 5:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	27 min
Oct 12, 5:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	11 min
Oct 12, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	51 min
Oct 12, 5:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	66 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.