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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 29, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2021, 2:42 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2021, 2:42 PM MDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2021, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 29, 3:28 PM MDT	HAIL 1	3 Nne Falcon, CO
May 29, 3:33 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	3 Nne Falcon, CO
May 29, 3:40 PM MDT	HAIL 2	4 Ese Falcon, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 29, 1:48 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

286 
WUUS55 KPUB 292042
SVRPUB
COC041-292130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0101.210529T2042Z-210529T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
242 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 330 PM MDT.

* At 242 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Peyton, or 22
  miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Calhan, Black Forest, Peyton and Falcon. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 10407 3882 10454 3904 10479 3913 10465
      3913 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 308DEG 24KT 3909 10458 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Hodanish

2 follow-up statements

330 
WWUS55 KPUB 292054
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
254 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

COC041-292130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210529T2130Z/
El Paso CO-
254 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

At 252 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Black Forest,
or 17 miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving southeast at 25
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Reports from ham radio operators indicate significant amounts of one 
half inch hail were covering the roads in the Black Forest area.

Locations impacted include...
Calhan, Black Forest, Peyton and Falcon. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 10407 3882 10454 3904 10479 3913 10465
      3913 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 325DEG 24KT 3901 10460 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Hodanish

133 
WWUS55 KPUB 292110
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
310 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

COC041-292130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210529T2130Z/
El Paso CO-
310 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

At 309 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Black Forest,
or 14 miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving southeast at 15
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Black Forest, Peyton and Falcon. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3892 10422 3882 10454 3904 10479 3913 10465
      3913 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 314DEG 13KT 3900 10466 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	28 min
May 28, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	40 min
May 28, 8:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
May 28, 8:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	24 min
May 28, 8:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	37 min
May 29, 1:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	22 min
May 29, 1:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	14 min
May 29, 1:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	23 min
May 29, 1:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	27 min
May 29, 2:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	41 min
May 29, 2:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 29, 2:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	52 min
May 29, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	31 min
May 29, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	35 min
May 29, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	49 min
May 29, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	35 min
May 29, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	50 min
May 29, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	29 min
May 29, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	44 min
May 29, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	52 min
May 29, 5:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	28 min
May 29, 5:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	36 min
May 29, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
May 29, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	29 min
May 29, 5:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	86 min
May 29, 5:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.