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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 29, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2021, 3:26 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2021, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 1:48 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 278 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

397 
WUUS55 KPUB 292126
SVRPUB
COC071-292215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0104.210529T2126Z-210529T2215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 415 PM MDT.

* At 326 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles northwest
  of Kim, or 41 miles south of North La Junta, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  east central Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3727 10376 3743 10381 3761 10335 3735 10324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 250DEG 16KT 3739 10365 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
305 
WWUS55 KPUB 292146
SVSPUB

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

COC071-292215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-210529T2215Z/
Las Animas CO-
346 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 346 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles northwest
of Kim, or 39 miles south of North La Junta, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3729 10366 3747 10371 3761 10335 3735 10324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 256DEG 15KT 3740 10355 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PGW
583 
WWUS55 KPUB 292212
SVSPUB

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

COC071-292221-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-210529T2215Z/
Las Animas CO-
412 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However hail up 
to penny sized is still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3729 10366 3747 10371 3761 10335 3735 10324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 250DEG 16KT 3744 10342 

$$

PGW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller28 min
May 28, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 min
May 28, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
May 28, 8:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso24 min
May 28, 8:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso37 min
May 29, 1:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano22 min
May 29, 1:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso14 min
May 29, 1:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso23 min
May 29, 1:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso27 min
May 29, 2:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Las Animas, Otero41 min
May 29, 2:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas39 min
May 29, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Las Animas, Otero52 min
May 29, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso48 min
May 29, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas31 min
May 29, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso35 min
May 29, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso35 min
May 29, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso50 min
May 29, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso29 min
May 29, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas44 min
May 29, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso52 min
May 29, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero28 min
May 29, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas36 min
May 29, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo27 min
May 29, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo29 min
May 29, 5:53 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCuster, Pueblo86 min
May 29, 5:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas52 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.