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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 388, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2023, 1:43 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 15, 2023, 1:43 PM MDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2023, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 313 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 Jul 15, 11:18 AM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 11:18 AM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1118 AM MDT Sat Jul 15 2023 COZ058>089-093>099-161730- 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- 1118 AM MDT Sat Jul 15 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered thunderstorm development is expected across the eastern mountains and parts of the plains today. Storms will develop across the mountains through early afternoon before spreading into the adjacent plains and the I-25 corridor. A few thunderstorms are expected across the Pikes Peak Region mid-afternoon, and could produce hail up to 1 inch in diameter along with gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Stronger to severe storms will be possible over the Raton Mesa and the southern I-25 corridor this afternoon into early evening, forming over adjacent mountains before moving southeast. The strongest storms will be capable of producing hail 1 to 2 inches wide, damaging winds of 60-70 mph, and heavy rain with localized flash flooding possible. There will also be a low end threat for isolated tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Much above average temperatures are becoming increasingly likely Sunday through Tuesday, with Monday expected to be the hottest day of the extended period. These temperatures could increase the heat risk and heated related issues for the region. More widespread thunderstorm activity is forecast to return to the region Wednesday through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible over portions of the region. GARBEROGLIO/06
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 12:57 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 12:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 12:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 1:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 1:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 2:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 24 min |
| Jul 15, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 3:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Teller | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 4:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 15 min |
| Jul 15, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 22 min |
| Jul 15, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 5:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 5:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 5:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 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.