Hail, Las Animas
- When
- July 10, 4:07 PM MST to 4:12 PM MST
- Where
- Las Animas County, 1.38 mi S of Trinidad
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 37.150, -104.500
Hail in Colorado, July 10, 2010
A severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail south of Trinidad in Las Animas County.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail south of Trinidad in Las Animas County.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 10, 1:45 PM MST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:45 PM MST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 245 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY) BETTER FORCING THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...EVIDENT BY EARLIER ONSET OF CONVECTION TODAY ACROSS WRN AND NRN CO. APPEARS TO BE 2 SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW...ONE WHICH IS ALREADY PUSING INTO THE CEN/NRN PLAINS FROM WY...AND A SECOND FEATURE ACROSS WY/NW CO WHICH WILL CONTINUE DROPPING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST...GLANCING BY NRN/EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE DISTRICT IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ACROSS THE SE PLAINS...FOCUS FOR STRONGER CONVECTION WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE SFC LEE TROF AXIS...ACROSS THE FAR EASTERNMOST COUNTIES...MAINLY KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. DEEP LAYER SHEARS ARE RUNNING AROUND 30-40 KTS...WITH BEST VALUES TO THE NORTH. WITH DEW POINTS STAYING UP IN THE 50S...SBCAPES SHOULD TOP OUT AROUND 1000-1500 J/KG MAINTAINING THE POSSIBILITY OF ONE OR TWO STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THIS REGION. FARTHER WEST...STILL SOME SCATTERED POPS EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS...THOUGH WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 40S -TSRA WILL BE HIGHER BASED...AND MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZE HAIL ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATED TERRAIN. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END FAIRLY QUICKLY THIS EVENING AS SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE CEN PLAINS...AND CONVECTIVE CLUSTER WHICH DEVELOPS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL CO SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO KS BY 06Z. ATMOS DRIES OUT SOME BEHIND THIS WAVE FOR SUNDAY...AND CONVECTION LOOKS MORE ISOLATED. NEXT TROF ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL ADVANCE TOWARDS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE SUN AFTN...PROVIDING FORCING DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...SO BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROBABLY BE OUT WEST. CANT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED -TSRA ACROSS THE PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTN AS STORMS INITIALLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN MTNS...THEN DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS. DEEP LAYER SHEARS STILL A RESPECTABLE 30-40 KTS...HOWEVER CAPES APPEAR TO BE THE LIMITING FACTOR AND SHOULD KEEP STORMS BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR TO A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAYS VALUES. ONLY MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO GOING GRIDS. -KT .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) SUNDAY NIGHT-TUESDAY...WEAK TO MODERATE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT WITH EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE DIGGING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES BECOMES MORE WESTERLY THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY WITH WESTERLY FLOW THEN INCREASING SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY AS ANOTHER EASTERN PACIFIC SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES. MOISTURE AND UVV AHEAD OF PASSING NORTHERN ROCKIES WAVE TO KEEP ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING WITH POPS DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS AVAILABLE MOISTURE DECREASES BEHIND WAVE. MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT OF KEEPING BEST MOISTURE OUT ACROSS THE FAR SE PLAINS MONDAY WITH DRY LINE PUSHING INTO WESTERN KANSAS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS DRIER AIR IN THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT MIXES DOWN ACROSS THE PLAINS. HAVE KEPT CURRENT ISOLATED POPS ACROSS THE FAR SE PLAINS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR TUESDAY...SAVE SLIGHT POPS ACROSS THE SW MTS AS MODELS HINT AT POSSIBLE MOISTURE RETURN UNDERNEATH UPPER HIGH ACROSS NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. TEMPS CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS EXPECTED BACK TO AROUND THE CENTURY MARK ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS BY TUESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT-THURSDAY NIGHT...NORTHERN TIER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND SENDS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND INTO EASTERN COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. TIMING OF FRONT TO HAVE BIG IMPACT ON TEMPS AND PRECIP CHANCES WITH MOISTURE POOLING ALONG AND BEHIND BOUNDARY. CURRENTLY HAVE BOUNDARY MOVING ACROSS THE PALMER DVD BY THE LATE MORNING AND ACROSS ALL OF THE PLAINS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. WITH LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW KEEPING TEMPS COOL ACROSS PLAINS AND ONLY WEAK FORCING ALOFT ON THURSDAY...HAVE KEPT BEST POPS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH MID JULY SUNSHINE AIDING IN DIURNAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. FRIDAY-SATURDAY...SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES THROUGH THIS PERIOD AS THE GFS KEEPS DRIER AND COOLER WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE AREA WITH UPPER HIGH TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST...WHEREAS THE LATEST ECMWF CONTINUES TO KEEP POTENTIAL FOR MONSOONAL MOISTURE TAP...ESPECIALLY FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTDVD...WITH THE UPPER HIGH ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO. WITH THAT SAID...WILL KEEP CURRENT FORECAST AROUND SEASONAL VALUES WITH MAINLY ISOLATED DIURNAL POPS. -MW && .AVIATION...SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE FOR AN EVENING -TSRA TO KCOS AND KPUB TAF SITES...PRODUCING SOME VFR CIGS AND ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30-35 KTS...AND BRIEF MODERATE RAIN. BEST WINDOW FOR THIS TO OCCUR WILL BE BETWEEN 22-02Z TIME FRAME. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING DURING THE LATE EVENING ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF CO. DRY WEATHER AND LIGHT DIURNALLY DRIVEN WINDS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...WITH MORE LIMITED -TSRA ACTIVITY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MTS/ADJACENT PLAINS. GIVEN MORE LOCALIZED NATURE OF ACTIVITY FOR SUN...WILL LIMIT MENTION TO CB IN TAF SITES FOR NOW. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 31/23
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 5:53 AM MST, 10 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 653 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 COZ058>089-093>099-111300- 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- 653 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS BECOME SEVERE...PARTICULARLY EAST OF HIGHWAYS 71 AND 109. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION ON SUNDAY. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE ACROSS THE PLAINS. ON MONDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...AND THE EASTERN PLAINS. 44/34
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 12:39 PM MST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 139 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 COZ084-085-102015- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- 139 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AT 134 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PEYTON...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CALHAN. YODER. RUSH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SOME BRIEF PEA SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:15 PM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 COZ067-068-070-071-102145- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- 315 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ALAMOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL CONEJOS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTHEASTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. AT 312 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTE VISTA...OR 26 MILES WEST OF ALAMOSA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL CONEJOS COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ALAMOSA COUNTY AND SOUTH CENTRAL RIO GRANDE COUNTY. SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:45 PM MST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 345 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 COZ067-070-071-102215- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- 345 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ALAMOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL CONEJOS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTHEASTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. AT 342 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF MONTE VISTA...OR 17 MILES WEST OF ALAMOSA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SANFORD. LA JARA. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:24 PM MST, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 424 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 COZ095>098-110045- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- 424 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 422 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HASWELL...OR 41 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HASWELL. SWEETWATER RESERVOIR. SHERIDAN LAKE. NEENOSHE RESERVOIR. NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR. EADS. OPEN COUNTRY OF KIOWA COUNTY. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 55 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:28 PM MST, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 428 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 COZ086-089-093-110100- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- 428 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO WESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS INCLUDES...SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO. AT 425 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLENDE...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FAR SOUTHERN PUEBLO. FOWLER. TIMPAS. MANZANOLA. OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 55 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:30 PM MST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 430 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 COZ074-088-094-110100- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- 430 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS INCLUDES...TRINIDAD. AT 425 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR COKEDALE...OR NEAR TRINIDAD... WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRINIDAD. HOEHNE. TRINCHERA. BRANSON. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 55 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:07 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Las Animas
- When
- July 10, 4:15 PM MST to 4:20 PM MST
- Where
- Las Animas County, 4.87 mi S of Trinidad
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -104.510
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 10, 2010
- Flood in Alaska, July 10 to 12, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, July 10, 2010
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 10, 2010
- Flash Flood and Flood in Pennsylvania, July 10, 2010
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 10, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, July 10, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 10, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Dakota, July 10, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 10, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 2010
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 10, 2010
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 2010
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 251179, 251180.