Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2023, 5:23 PM MDT for Bent County, Las Animas County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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
- Jul 19, 2023, 5:23 PM MDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2023, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3394 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
715
WUUS55 KPUB 192323
SVRPUB
COC011-071-089-200000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0430.230719T2323Z-230720T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
523 PM MDT Wed Jul 19 2023
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
Northeastern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
Southwestern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 600 PM MDT.
* At 523 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles south of
Higbee, or 30 miles south of North La Junta, moving northeast at 30
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
southeastern Otero, northeastern Las Animas and southwestern Bent
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3745 10367 3771 10358 3772 10308 3759 10307
3744 10308 3725 10349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 232DEG 25KT 3754 10346
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Ehr1 follow-up statement
399
WWUS55 KPUB 192347
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
547 PM MDT Wed Jul 19 2023
COC011-071-089-200000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-230720T0000Z/
Otero CO-Las Animas CO-Bent CO-
547 PM MDT Wed Jul 19 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO...NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
BENT COUNTIES...
At 546 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles south of
Higbee, or 28 miles south of North La Junta, moving northeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Otero, northeastern Las Animas and southwestern Bent
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3745 10367 3771 10358 3772 10308 3759 10307
3740 10328 3733 10347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 239DEG 24KT 3759 10338
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
EhrThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 6:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 6:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 7:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 1:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 1:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 2:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 2:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 2:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 2:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 2:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 3:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 3:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 3:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Pueblo | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 4:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 4:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 4:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 29 min | |
| Jul 19, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 5:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 5:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 17 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.