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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 2, 2024Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2024, 11:51 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 2, 2024, 11:51 PM MDT (05:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2024, 12:15 AM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 259 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: 847 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -282 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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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 Jun 2, 10:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 12:00 PM MDT, 11 hours 51 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1200 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2024

COZ058>089-093>099-031800-
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-
1200 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Thunderstorms will develop over the Raton Ridge between noon and 1
PM, and spread eastward across portions of Kiowa, Bent, Prowers and
Baca counties.  A few severe storms will be possible, particularly
east of a line from Eads to Pritchett.  Hail up to 1.5 inches in
diameter, wind gusts to around 60 mph, dangerous cloud to ground
lightning, and locally heavy rainfall will be the primary risks with
thunderstorms before they move eastward into Kansas by 7 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected along the mountains
through much of the week, with highest chances for showers Wednesday
and Thursday. Rain shower and thunderstorm chances increase for much
of the area Friday and Saturday. Greatest hazard with any
thunderstorms will be gusty winds and lightning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

SKELLY/SKELLY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 10:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1001 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2024

COZ095-096-030430-
Western Kiowa County CO-Eastern Kiowa County CO-
1001 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH
1030 PM MDT...

At 1001 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles north of Sheridan
Lake to 9 miles northwest of Chivington to near Haswell. Movement was
northeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Eads and Sheridan Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3847 10210 3845 10260 3839 10314 3861 10313
      3861 10205 3856 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 224DEG 6KT 3859 10228 3856 10262 3845 10306

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Rodriguez

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 10:57 PM MDT, 54 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 2, 10:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	29 min
Jun 2, 10:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
Jun 2, 10:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	63 min
Jun 2, 11:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Kiowa	3 hr

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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.