Special Weather Statement
NWS Pueblo CO ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northeastern Otero And West Central Bent Counties Through 100 AM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1226 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Cheraw, or near La Junta, moving southeast at 10 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... La Junta, North La Junta, Swink, and Cheraw.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM MDT for southeastern Colorado.
Affected areas
- La Junta Vicinity/Otero County
- Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Pueblo CO
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~20s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M31ABJD98QMMSDRQ5M71B2H7
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.23fc82e397c7ee770b9e27b2229f61208d6762ae.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Pueblo CO
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPUB
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.698
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSPUB |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KPUB 210627 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN OTERO AND WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T06:26:00-00:00...storm...304DEG...10KT...38.06,-103.56 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- La Junta Vicinity/Otero County
- Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 008089 |
| SAME | 008011 |
| UGC | COZ093 |
| UGC | COZ097 |
- Polygons
- 38.0,-103.65 38.17,-103.56 38.09,-103.33 37.88,-103.47 38.0,-103.65