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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 29, 2021Bent County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2021, 11:09 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 11:09 PM MDT (05:09 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2021, 11:41 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:10 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 278 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

829 
WUUS55 KPUB 300509
SVRPUB
COC011-089-300600-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0119.210530T0509Z-210530T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1109 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until midnight MDT.

* At 1107 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
  Higbee, or 10 miles southeast of North La Junta, moving east at 20 
  mph. Other strong to severe storms were located 10 miles southeast 
  of Las Animas. 

  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  east central Otero and southern Bent Counties.

Torrential rainfall was occurring with these storms. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 10356 3793 10347 3796 10345 3798 10281
      3767 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 271DEG 19KT 3787 10340 

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

Hodanish
1 follow-up statement
351 
WWUS55 KPUB 300541
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1141 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

COC011-089-300551-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-210530T0600Z/
Otero CO-Bent CO-
1141 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OTERO AND
SOUTHERN BENT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.  However very heavy rain 
is still possible with these storms

LAT...LON 3780 10356 3793 10347 3796 10345 3798 10281
      3767 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 271DEG 19KT 3787 10317 

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 6:11 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas34 min
May 29, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso24 min
May 29, 6:38 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPUBBaca, Las Animas22 min
May 29, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso26 min
May 29, 6:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
May 29, 6:54 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPUBBaca, Las Animas36 min
May 29, 6:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso48 min
May 29, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas36 min
May 29, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso30 min
May 29, 7:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso79 min
May 29, 8:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca43 min
May 29, 8:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Otero52 min
May 29, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
May 29, 9:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso34 min
May 29, 9:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero32 min
May 29, 9:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca37 min
May 29, 9:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero35 min
May 29, 10:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent, Otero7 hr
May 29, 10:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero32 min
May 30, 12:09 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent51 min
May 30, 12:18 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers42 min
May 30, 12:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers47 min
May 30, 1:08 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers37 min
May 30, 1:52 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers38 min
May 30, 3:31 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBAlamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer and 6 more20 hr
May 30, 4:57 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningPUBBent, Otero3 hr
May 30, 5:05 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBBent14 hr
May 30, 12:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent50 min
May 30, 12:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano49 min
May 30, 12:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas36 min
May 30, 1:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas28 min
May 30, 1:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas29 min
May 30, 1:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas52 min
May 30, 1:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont42 min
May 30, 1:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas33 min
May 30, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas23 min
May 30, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas37 min
May 30, 2:23 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas21 min
May 30, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas31 min
May 30, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas42 min
May 30, 2:43 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas32 min
May 30, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso42 min
May 30, 2:54 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBBaca, Las Animas36 min
May 30, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont50 min
May 30, 3:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso24 min
May 30, 3:25 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPUBBaca, Las Animas35 min
May 30, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo32 min
May 30, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso34 min
May 30, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas37 min
May 30, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo35 min
May 30, 3:57 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBBaca, Las Animas21 min
May 30, 4:12 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso21 min
May 30, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas39 min
May 30, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo37 min
May 30, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso24 min
May 30, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo25 min
May 30, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley25 min
May 30, 5:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley29 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.