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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 29, 2021Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2021, 5:53 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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, 5:53 PM MDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 6:18 PM MDTFUNNEL CLOUD8 Se Kim, COFUNNEL CLOUD HALFWAY DOWN.
May 29, 6:24 PM MDTTORNADO9 Se Kim, COLARGE TORNADO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM STORM CHASERS IN THE VICINITY OF LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 1:48 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 257 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-638 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

785 
WUUS55 KPUB 292353
SVRPUB
COC009-071-300045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0112.210529T2353Z-210530T0045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 553 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kim, or 36
  miles west of Springfield, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Pritchett and Kim. 

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 3711 10343 3728 10344 3748 10280 3710 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 251DEG 24KT 3724 10324 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PGW
1 follow-up statement
657 
WWUS55 KPUB 300003
SVSPUB

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

COC009-071-300045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-210530T0045Z/
Baca CO-Las Animas CO-
603 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...

At 602 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
Kim, or 31 miles west of Springfield, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Pritchett and Kim. 

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 3711 10343 3728 10344 3748 10280 3710 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 251DEG 24KT 3726 10316 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas49 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

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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.