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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 453, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 20, 2023Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2023, 4:43 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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 20, 2023, 4:43 PM MDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2023, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO

The radar

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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 20, 1:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 20, 3:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 3:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 12:29 PM MDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1229 PM MDT Thu Jul 20 2023

COZ058>089-093>099-211830-
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-
1229 PM MDT Thu Jul 20 2023

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop over the mountains
by early afternoon, spreading eastward across the I-25 corridor
during the afternoon and evening hours. From I-25 eastward across
the plains, numerous severe storms are expected, with wind gusts
of 60 to 75 mph, hail from golfball to baseball size and an
increased risk of a few tornadoes under the strongest storms.
Heavy rainfall and flash flooding are also possible, especially
across the southeast plains where heavy rainfall occurred last
night.

To the west of Interstate 25 over the mountains and interior
valleys, lightning and gusty winds of 50 to 60 mph will be the main
storm risks, and a few of the stronger storms may also produce some
small hail and brief heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected on Friday,
mainly over the eastern mountains and along the I-25 corridor.
Some of these storms may contain hail greater than an inch in
diameter, and wind gusts of 60 mph or greater.

On Saturday, a few thunderstorms will develop during the
afternoon and evening over the higher terrain, and an isolated
thunderstorm or two could move over into the adjacent plains and
over the southern I-25 corridor. There will be a better chance
for afternoon and evening thunderstorms on Sunday over the higher
terrain, with a few storms possibly moving out into the plains.

Thunderstorm activity will begin to ramp back up again beginning
early next week and through the rest of the week over the inner
mountain west, with increasing chances of thunderstorms each day
over the Continental Divide as the monsoonal pattern becomes more
pronounced.

Thunderstorm chances over the plains for next week look to be
more favorable as the week progresses, as there will be increasing
thunderstorm coverage with better westerly flow aloft.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

RODRIGUEZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 4:26 PM MDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 4:28 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:29 PM MDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 4:34 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 4:36 PM MDT, 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
436 PM MDT Thu Jul 20 2023

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

0430 PM     Hail             1 WSW Penrose           38.42N 105.03W
07/20/2023  E1.25 inch       Fremont            CO   Public

            Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 4:37 PM MDT, 6 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
Jul 19, 6:05 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:14 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	31 min
Jul 19, 6:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	28 min
Jul 19, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	36 min
Jul 19, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	46 min
Jul 19, 6:40 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	31 min
Jul 19, 7:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
Jul 19, 7:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	3 hr
Jul 19, 8:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	37 min
Jul 19, 9:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	43 min
Jul 19, 9:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 19, 9:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	32 min
Jul 20, 2:45 AM MDT	Flood Watch	PUB	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more	23 hr
Jul 20, 1:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	27 min
Jul 20, 1:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	23 min
Jul 20, 1:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	33 min
Jul 20, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	33 min
Jul 20, 1:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	28 min
Jul 20, 1:58 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	12 min
Jul 20, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	27 min
Jul 20, 2:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 20, 2:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	25 min
Jul 20, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	36 min
Jul 20, 2:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	35 min
Jul 20, 2:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jul 20, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	33 min
Jul 20, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	31 min
Jul 20, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	30 min
Jul 20, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	52 min
Jul 20, 3:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	28 min
Jul 20, 3:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
Jul 20, 3:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	24 min
Jul 20, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	34 min
Jul 20, 3:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Jul 20, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	32 min
Jul 20, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 20, 3:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	28 min
Jul 20, 3:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jul 20, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jul 20, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	26 min
Jul 20, 4:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	23 min
Jul 20, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo	19 min
Jul 20, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	8 min
Jul 20, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Fremont, Pueblo	32 min
Jul 20, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 20, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	29 min
Jul 20, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jul 20, 4:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	22 min
Jul 20, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont, Pueblo	32 min
Jul 20, 5:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	49 min
Jul 20, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	32 min
Jul 20, 5:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	28 min
Jul 20, 5:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	27 min
Jul 20, 5:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	25 min
Jul 20, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	51 min
Jul 20, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	32 min
Jul 20, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	32 min
Jul 20, 5:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	31 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.