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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 21, 2024Saguache County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2024, 1:55 PM MDT for Saguache 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
Aug 21, 2024, 1:55 PM MDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2024, 2:31 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 21, 11:27 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 11:27 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 11:43 AM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 12:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 1:43 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller30 min
Aug 20, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso49 min
Aug 20, 6:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso2 hr
Aug 20, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo23 min
Aug 20, 7:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont30 min
Aug 20, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso24 min
Aug 20, 7:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas26 min
Aug 20, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley25 min
Aug 20, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo32 min
Aug 20, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa37 min
Aug 20, 7:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley47 min
Aug 20, 9:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley45 min
Aug 20, 9:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley43 min
Aug 20, 10:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa34 min
Aug 21, 12:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache29 min
Aug 21, 1:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBSaguache45 min
Aug 21, 1:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache47 min
Aug 21, 3:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande44 min
Aug 21, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa45 min
Aug 21, 4:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa47 min
Aug 21, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa27 min
Aug 21, 5:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla35 min
Aug 21, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.