On June 19th, a tornado and large hail occurred near and in Pritchett.
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On June 19th, a tornado and large hail occurred near and in Pritchett.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 19, 9:02 AM MST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1002 AM MDT TUE JUN 19 2007 .UPDATE... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT OVER FAR SERN CO PLAINS THIS AFTN/EVE... A QUICK UPDATE ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT POTENTIAL ACROSS THE FAR SERN CO PLAINS THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVE. AT MIDMORNING...60-67F SURFACE DEW POINTS CONTINUE OVER KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. MVFR STRATUS/FOG IS STARTING TO BREAK PER VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY ANIMATION. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SURFACE-PBL DRYLINE TOWARDS THE W...SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE MOUNTAINS/HIGH VALLEYS ARE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO 20S. SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES ARE 1K- 4K J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES OF -4C TO -7C ACROSS THE FAR SERN CO PLAINS. THERMAL CAPPING INVERSION...CONVECTIVE INHIBITION...CONTINUES TO HOLD ACROSS THE SERN CO PLAINS AND WILL BE A BIG PLAYER IN SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTN/EVE. LATEST RUC MODEL INDICATES WEAK THERMAL CAPPING INVERSION HOLDING THROUGH THE AFTER...BUT STILL RELATIVELY WEAK AND COULD BE BROKEN. ANOTHER BIG PLAYER...WOULD BE ANY FEATURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO ENHANCE SURFACE BASED CONVECTION. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC MODEL UPPER AIR ANALYSES LOOP NOT SHOWING ANY DISCERNIBLE FEATURE TO ENHANCE SURFACE BASED CONVECTION. RUC MODEL CONTINUES TO SUGGEST CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING ALONG THE DRYLINE ACROSS ERN LAS ANIMAS...BACA...BENT...PROWERS...AND KIOWA COUNTY AFTER 3 PM MDT. RUC HAS CAPE VALUES OF 4K-5K J/KG WITH LIFTED INDICES OF -7C TO -8C ALONG KS/CO BORDER. 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES OF 30-40KTS WILL BE JUXTAPOSED WITH STRONG SURFACE BASED ENERGY TO DEVELOP VIOLENT THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE CAPE VALUES EXIST IN THE -20C TO -30C LAYER...SO LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN STRONG UPDRAFTS. LOW LEVEL HELICITY IS NOT ALL THAT STRONG...LESS THAN 150 M2/S2. LAYER SIG TORNADO PARAMETER BARELY HINTING AT A TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THE FAR SERN CO PLAINS...BUT IT STILL COULD BE POSSIBLE OF SUPERCELLS GET ANCHORED ON A BOUNDARY. THE GREATER TORNADO THREAT MIGHT BE FURTHER E INTO KS THIS AFTN AND EVE. FEEL THE WEAK CAPPING INVERSION AND LACK OF AN UPPER LEVEL FEATURE MIGHT BE THE FACTORS OF STRONG- SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NOT DEVELOPING. TOUCH CALL. WE WILL KNOW IN ANOTHER 8-10 HOURS. METZE && .AVIATION... AREAS OF IFR CIGS AND VIS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING THROUGH ABOUT 15Z...GENERALLY E OF A LINE FROM KTAD TO KLHX TO KITR. THESE LOW CLOUDS SHOULD MIX OUT LATER THIS MORNING. LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AND LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY STRONG SFC WINDS. SEVERE WEATHER WITH ANTICIPATED LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM MID- AFTERNOON ON...PARTICULARLY E OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 17/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 648 AM MDT TUE JUN 19 2007 COZ058>089-093>099-201300- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- 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- 648 AM MDT TUE JUN 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PARTICULARLY EARLY THIS EVENING EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. IN GENERAL...HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. LARGER HAIL...UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SEVERE STORMS OVER BACA...BENT...PROWERS...AND KIOWA COUNTIES THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...AND ALSO NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT A FEW SEVERE STORMS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 3 PM OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:55 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm developed along a boundary west of Pritchett. It spawned a tornado, which did some minor roof damage to an uninhabited dwelling. Flying debris injured a horse.
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