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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 22, 2023Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2023, 6:09 AM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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 22, 2023, 6:09 AM MDT (12:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2023, 6:45 AM MDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:13 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 227 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: 416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 22, 5:58 AM MDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 5:58 AM MDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:01 AM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
401 AM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

COZ058>089-093>099-231300-
Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet-
Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet-
Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet-
Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below
10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Alamosa  Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Southern San Luis Valley-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet-
Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between
7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below
7500 Feet-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range
Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet-
Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-
Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County-
Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
401 AM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected for Thursday,
mainly along and east of the Continental Divide in the late morning,
and spreading into the I-25 corridor and the eastern plains through
the afternoon and evening hours. Some storms could become severe,
especially across the Palmer Divide, with main threats being 1 inch
hail, 60 mph winds, and torrential rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

On Friday, isolated strong to severe storms will be possible across
our far eastern plains near the Colorado and Kansas border.

Much warmer temperatures through this period will lead to another
surge in runoff from the last of the high mountain snowpack,
especially across the Arkansas basin.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will
be likely over portions of the region.

EHR/27

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 2:21 AM MDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
221 AM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0207 AM     Flood            Fountain                38.68N 104.71W
06/22/2023                   El Paso            CO   Law Enforcement

            Road closed due to flooding.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:21 AM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
321 AM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0321 AM     Flood            2 SE Fountain           38.66N 104.69W
06/22/2023                   El Paso            CO   Law Enforcement

            Road Flooded and Impassible.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:22 AM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
322 AM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0322 AM     Flood            3 NE Fountain           38.71N 104.67W
06/22/2023                   El Paso            CO   Law Enforcement

            Road flooded and impassible.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:49 AM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
349 AM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0322 AM     Flood            3 NE Fountain           38.71N 104.67W
06/22/2023                   El Paso            CO   Law Enforcement

            Road flooded and impassible.

0321 AM     Flood            2 SE Fountain           38.66N 104.69W
06/22/2023                   El Paso            CO   Law Enforcement

            Road Flooded and Impassible.

0207 AM     Flood            Fountain                38.68N 104.71W
06/22/2023                   El Paso            CO   Law Enforcement

            Road closed due to flooding.

0140 AM     Flash Flood      2 WNW Blende            38.26N 104.61W
06/22/2023                   Pueblo             CO   Trained Spotter

            Water rescues reported near Santa Fe and
            northbound I-25 onramp.

0139 AM     Hail             2 WNW Blende            38.26N 104.61W
06/22/2023  M1.00 inch       Pueblo             CO   Trained Spotter

0120 AM     Hail             9 SW Avondale           38.15N 104.46W
06/22/2023  M1.00 inch       Pueblo             CO   Trained Spotter

0103 AM     Hail             4 NE Blende             38.28N 104.52W
06/22/2023  M1.25 inch       Pueblo             CO   NWS Employee

            At NWS Pueblo.

1253 AM     Hail             3 W Blende              38.24N 104.63W
06/22/2023  M1.75 inch       Pueblo             CO   Public

1253 AM     Hail             3 W Blende              38.24N 104.63W
06/22/2023  M1.75 inch       Pueblo             CO   Public

1202 AM     Flash Flood      2 ENE Fountain          38.69N 104.68W
06/22/2023                   El Paso            CO   NWS Employee

            Knee-deep water - Cumberland Green
            neighborhood by Eagleside Elementary School.

1154 PM     Rain             3 ESE Security          38.73N 104.69W
06/21/2023  M2.98 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

1153 PM     Rain             1 SSE Security          38.73N 104.72W
06/21/2023  M2.81 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

1131 PM     Flash Flood      2 SE Fountain           38.67N 104.68W
06/21/2023                   El Paso            CO   Law Enforcement

            Road Flooded.

1110 PM     Flash Flood      4 SSE Fountain          38.63N 104.69W
06/21/2023                   El Paso            CO   Law Enforcement

            Water Rescue at Underpass. Time estimated.

1109 PM     Rain             4 NE Fountain           38.72N 104.66W
06/21/2023  M2.29 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

            920-1105 PM.

1035 PM     Tornado          6 SSE Fountain          38.59N 104.67W
06/21/2023                   El Paso            CO   NWS Employee

            Possible cone tornado.

0939 PM     Hail             3 NNE Fountain          38.72N 104.69W
06/21/2023  M1.25 inch       El Paso            CO   Public

0939 PM     Hail             3 NNE Fountain          38.72N 104.69W
06/21/2023  E1.25 inch       El Paso            CO   Public

0939 PM     Hail             3 NNE Fountain          38.72N 104.69W
06/21/2023  M1.25 inch       El Paso            CO   Public

0925 PM     Hail             3 NE Peterson AFB       38.86N 104.66W
06/21/2023  M1.00 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0740 PM     Hail             Walsh                   37.39N 102.28W
06/21/2023  E2.00 inch       Baca               CO   Trained Spotter

0735 PM     Hail             Walsh                   37.38N 102.29W
06/21/2023  M1.75 inch       Baca               CO   Trained Spotter

0704 PM     Hail             1 N Las Animas          38.08N 103.22W
06/21/2023  M1.75 inch       Bent               CO   Law Enforcement

0657 PM     Hail             3 W Fort Lyon           38.10N 103.20W
06/21/2023  M1.00 inch       Bent               CO   Public

0653 PM     Hail             2 SW Fort Lyon          38.08N 103.18W
06/21/2023  E1.50 inch       Bent               CO   Public

0608 PM     Hail             4 N Fort Lyon           38.15N 103.16W
06/21/2023  M2.75 inch       Bent               CO   Public

0525 PM     Hail             5 SW Black Forest       38.97N 104.76W
06/21/2023  M1.60 inch       El Paso            CO   Public

0500 PM     Hail             3 S Peyton              38.98N 104.48W
06/21/2023  M2.50 inch       El Paso            CO   Public

0451 PM     Hail             2 N Peterson AFB        38.86N 104.70W
06/21/2023  M1.25 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0450 PM     Hail             3 ENE Air Force Academy 39.02N 104.81W
06/21/2023  M1.00 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0433 PM     Hail             6 SSW Black Forest      38.94N 104.76W
06/21/2023  M1.25 inch       El Paso            CO   Public

0430 PM     Hail             6 SSE Air Force Academy 38.92N 104.82W
06/21/2023  M1.25 inch       El Paso            CO   Public

0425 PM     Hail             5 SSE Air Force Academy 38.93N 104.85W
06/21/2023  M1.25 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0350 PM     Rain             3 WSW Black Forest      39.00N 104.75W
06/21/2023  M1.00 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0347 PM     Hail             5 SSW Black Forest      38.95N 104.75W
06/21/2023  M1.50 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0345 PM     Hail             10 N Colorado Springs   38.95N 104.71W
06/21/2023  M1.75 inch       El Paso            CO   CO-OP Observer

0343 PM     Hail             5 SW Black Forest       38.96N 104.76W
06/21/2023  E1.00 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0339 PM     Hail             3 WSW Black Forest      39.00N 104.75W
06/21/2023  M2.00 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0332 PM     Hail             5 SSW Black Forest      38.95N 104.73W
06/21/2023  M1.00 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0325 PM     Hail             2 NNE Monument          39.12N 104.86W
06/21/2023  M1.00 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0314 PM     Hail             4 W Black Forest        39.01N 104.78W
06/21/2023  U1.50 inch       El Paso            CO   Public

0312 PM     Hail             3 E Air Force Academy   39.01N 104.81W
06/21/2023  M1.00 inch       El Paso            CO   Public

0309 PM     Hail             3 ESE Air Force Academy 38.99N 104.81W
06/21/2023  E1.00 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0302 PM     Hail             3 WSW Black Forest      39.00N 104.75W
06/21/2023  M1.00 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

0300 PM     Hail             2 ESE Air Force Academy 39.00N 104.83W
06/21/2023  M1.50 inch       El Paso            CO   Trained Spotter

            Ping pong hail I-25 and bRIARGATE.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:33 AM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:49 AM MDT, 20 minutes before

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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 21, 6:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	22 min
Jun 21, 6:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	46 min
Jun 21, 6:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca	36 min
Jun 21, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	21 min
Jun 21, 7:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	36 min
Jun 21, 7:16 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	17 hr
Jun 21, 7:16 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	29 hr
Jun 21, 7:16 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	16 hr
Jun 21, 7:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent	2 hr
Jun 21, 7:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca	33 min
Jun 21, 7:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	35 min
Jun 21, 8:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jun 21, 8:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	48 min
Jun 21, 8:48 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 21, 9:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jun 21, 9:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley	34 min
Jun 21, 9:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 21, 9:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Cheyenne	26 min
Jun 21, 9:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	6 hr
Jun 21, 9:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jun 21, 9:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	37 min
Jun 21, 9:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley	62 min
Jun 21, 9:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	38 min
Jun 21, 9:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	47 min
Jun 21, 10:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley	3 hr
Jun 21, 10:28 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	32 min
Jun 21, 10:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo	34 min
Jun 21, 10:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley	31 min
Jun 21, 11:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	52 min
Jun 21, 11:11 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Pueblo	3 hr
Jun 21, 11:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
Jun 21, 11:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Pueblo	15 min
Jun 21, 11:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	53 min
Jun 22, 12:05 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Pueblo	25 min
Jun 22, 12:12 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	48 min
Jun 22, 12:33 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Pueblo	2 hr
Jun 22, 12:45 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	30 min
Jun 22, 12:48 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	42 min
Jun 22, 1:16 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	29 min
Jun 22, 1:24 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	66 min
Jun 22, 1:36 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	24 min
Jun 22, 2:01 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	29 min
Jun 22, 2:02 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	43 min
Jun 22, 2:27 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	48 min
Jun 22, 2:46 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	44 min
Jun 22, 3:15 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero	45 min
Jun 22, 3:27 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	3 hr
Jun 22, 3:47 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	43 min
Jun 22, 4:24 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	51 min
Jun 22, 5:12 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	48 min
Jun 22, 5:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	26 min
Jun 22, 10:32 AM MDT	Flood Watch	PUB	El Paso	11 hr
Jun 22, 10:54 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	2 hr
Jun 22, 1:27 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	40 hr
Jun 22, 1:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		48 min
Jun 22, 1:30 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	PUB	Crowley, Otero	7 hr
Jun 22, 1:30 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	PUB	Otero	12 hr
Jun 22, 2:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	50 min
Jun 22, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
Jun 22, 4:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
Jun 22, 5:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	33 min
Jun 22, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	59 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.