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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 15, 2023Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2023, 11:32 AM MDT for Bent 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2023, 11:32 AM MDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 279 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: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -436 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 5:01 AM MDT, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 5:01 AM MDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:29 AM MDT, 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1129 AM MDT Thu Jun 15 2023

COZ097-151800-
Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County CO-
1129 AM MDT Thu Jun 15 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Bent County
through NOON MDT...

At 1128 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles south of John Martin Reservoir, or 23 miles southwest of Lamar,
moving north at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Bent
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

If on or near John Martin Reservoir, get out of the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to
10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3783 10290 3787 10313 3809 10313 3804 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 191DEG 5KT 3793 10300

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 11:29 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	31 min
Jun 15, 11:58 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	32 min
Jun 15, 12:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	28 min
Jun 15, 12:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	42 min
Jun 15, 12:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	24 min
Jun 15, 12:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	25 min
Jun 15, 12:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
Jun 15, 12:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	33 min
Jun 15, 12:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	46 min
Jun 15, 12:49 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	116 min
Jun 15, 1:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	26 min
Jun 15, 1:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	22 min
Jun 15, 1:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	36 min
Jun 15, 2:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	29 min
Jun 15, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	31 min
Jun 15, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	43 min
Jun 15, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	42 min
Jun 15, 2:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	33 min
Jun 15, 2:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero	30 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.