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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 2025El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2025, 1:57 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 14, 2025, 1:57 PM MDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2025, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 448 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-507 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 Jul 14, 11:48 AM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 11:48 AM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 11:23 AM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1123 AM MDT Mon Jul 14 2025

COZ058>089-093>099-151730-
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-
1123 AM MDT Mon Jul 14 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms will develop across the higher terrain
by early afternoon, and spread east into the Interstate 25
corridor by late afternoon to early evening. Thunderstorms will be
capable of producing lightning, locally heavy rainfall, wind
gusts near 50 mph and hail to half an inch in diameter.
Thunderstorms will track east over the Interstate 25 corridor and
dissipate this evening across the Plains.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Daily afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms are
expected Tuesday through Sunday. The best chances for storm
activity will be found across the mountains and high valleys
Tuesday, then will become more widespread and include the eastern
plains starting Wednesday into next weekend. The primary threat
from any of the stronger storms will be gusty outflow winds
nearing 60 mph. Otherwise, the most likely hazards with any
organized storms will be gusty outflow winds around 40 mph, small
hail, frequent cloud to ground lightning, and brief periods of
moderate to heavy rain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

SKELLY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:49 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache25 min
Jul 13, 6:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee34 min
Jul 13, 7:59 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBChaffee, Fremont, Saguache3 hr
Jul 14, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller26 min
Jul 14, 2:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont28 min
Jul 14, 2:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller31 min
Jul 14, 2:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache28 min
Jul 14, 2:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont23 min
Jul 14, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande36 min
Jul 14, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache31 min
Jul 14, 3:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller33 min
Jul 14, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont31 min
Jul 14, 3:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache33 min
Jul 14, 3:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster32 min
Jul 14, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster26 min
Jul 14, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller29 min
Jul 14, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso33 min
Jul 14, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso30 min
Jul 14, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster28 min
Jul 14, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo24 min
Jul 14, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo30 min
Jul 14, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo33 min
Jul 14, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso30 min
Jul 14, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo23 min
Jul 14, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo33 min
Jul 14, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso45 min
Jul 14, 5:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.