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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 1, 2026Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2026, 7:37 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 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 1, 2026, 7:37 PM MDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2026, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2913 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2913 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.7

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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 1, 5:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 5:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:15 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
715 PM MDT Wed Jul 1 2026

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

0655 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 N Springfield         37.46N 102.62W
07/01/2026  M60 MPH          Baca               CO   AWOS

            AWOS station K8V7 3 N Springfield.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent25 min
Jul 1, 7:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca36 min
Jul 1, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers47 min
Jul 1, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers43 min
Jul 1, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers47 min
Jul 1, 7:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley32 min
Jul 1, 8:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa26 min
Jul 1, 8:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero25 min
Jul 1, 9:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent37 min
Jul 1, 9:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa30 min
Jul 2, 12:40 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more47 hr
Jul 2, 1:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca49 min
Jul 2, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca53 min
Jul 2, 2:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca37 min
Jul 2, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca28 min
Jul 2, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca32 min
Jul 2, 3:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers40 min
Jul 2, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca29 min
Jul 2, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBaca, Prowers34 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.