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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 29, 2021Custer County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2021, 5:46 PM MDT for Custer County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Custer County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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.

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 241 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.

713 
WUUS55 KPUB 292346
SVRPUB
COC027-101-300015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0111.210529T2346Z-210530T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Custer County in southeastern Colorado...
  West central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 615 PM MDT.

* At 546 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Junkins Burn
  Scar, moving northeast 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Eastern Junkins Burn Scar and Pueblo Reservoir. 

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 3809 10510 3816 10513 3830 10477 3817 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 247DEG 15KT 3815 10503 

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

Hodanish

2 follow-up statements

830 
WWUS55 KPUB 292358
SVSPUB

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

COC027-300007-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-210530T0015Z/
Custer CO-
558 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the severe thunderstorm warning has been 
cancelled. HOWEVER...the Flash Flood Warning for the Junkins burn 
scar still remains in effect. 

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

LAT...LON 3810 10504 3818 10504 3830 10477 3817 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 247DEG 15KT 3817 10497 

$$

COC101-300015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-210530T0015Z/
Pueblo CO-
558 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...

At 557 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Junkins Burn Scar, moving northeast 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...
Eastern Junkins Burn Scar and Pueblo Reservoir. 

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 3810 10504 3818 10504 3830 10477 3817 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 247DEG 15KT 3817 10497 

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

Hodanish

305 
WWUS55 KPUB 300013
SVSPUB

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

COC101-300023-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-210530T0015Z/
Pueblo CO-
613 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 615 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 small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3810 10504 3818 10504 3830 10477 3817 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 247DEG 15KT 3820 10489 

$$

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, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	48 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, 5:53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.