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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 30, 2021Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2021, 2:23 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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 30, 2021, 2:23 PM MDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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 30, 2:26 PM MDTHAIL 1.5Kim, CO
May 30, 2:50 PM MDTTORNADO11 S Kim, COTORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN FOR A FEW MINUTES AND REMAINED FUNNEL CLOUD THROUGH THE REPORT.

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 30, 11:41 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 2021-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-307 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

871 
WUUS55 KPUB 302023
SVRPUB
COC009-071-302100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0125.210530T2023Z-210530T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
223 PM MDT Sun May 30 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 300 PM MDT.

* At 223 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kim, or 39
  miles northeast of Des Moines, moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tennis 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...
  Kim.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 10354 3734 10334 3720 10308 3700 10331
      3700 10333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 312DEG 12KT 3722 10339 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CSS/EP
1 follow-up statement
254 
WWUS55 KPUB 302042
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
242 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021

COC009-071-302100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-210530T2100Z/
Baca CO-Las Animas CO-
242 PM MDT Sun May 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...

At 241 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kim, or 38
miles northeast of Des Moines, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch 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...
Kim.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 10354 3734 10334 3720 10308 3700 10331
      3700 10333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 314DEG 12KT 3716 10335 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CSS/EP

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 29, 11:09 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 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.