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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 1, 2021Crowley County, Kiowa County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2021, 5:48 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 1, 2021, 5:48 PM MDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2021, 6:33 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 1268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

330 
WUUS55 KPUB 012348
SVRPUB
COC025-061-089-020045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0138.210601T2348Z-210602T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
548 PM MDT Tue Jun 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southwestern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 548 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Ordway to 10 miles north of Sugar City, moving
  east at 25 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...
  Ordway, Sugar City and Cheraw. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3841 10340 3827 10339 3826 10340 3800 10340
      3815 10380 3843 10370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 278DEG 23KT 3820 10378 3838 10371 

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

Cohen

2 follow-up statements

571 
WWUS55 KPUB 020012
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
612 PM MDT Tue Jun 1 2021

COC025-061-089-020045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-210602T0045Z/
Otero CO-Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-
612 PM MDT Tue Jun 1 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY
COUNTIES...

At 612 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cheraw, or 10
miles north of La Junta, moving southeast at 30 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...
Ordway, Sugar City and Cheraw. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10340 3800 10340 3815 10380 3830 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 298DEG 26KT 3813 10354 

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

Cohen

495 
WWUS55 KPUB 020033
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
633 PM MDT Tue Jun 1 2021

COC025-061-089-020041-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-210602T0045Z/
Otero CO-Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-
633 PM MDT Tue Jun 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO...EXTREME 
SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY 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 gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
locations farther east across southwestern Kiowa County.

LAT...LON 3826 10340 3800 10340 3815 10380 3830 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 278DEG 23KT 3811 10338 

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 1:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	26 min
Jun 1, 1:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont, Pueblo	48 min
Jun 1, 1:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	36 min
Jun 1, 1:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	26 min
Jun 1, 1:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	24 min
Jun 1, 2:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	14 min
Jun 1, 2:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	35 min
Jun 1, 2:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	24 min
Jun 1, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	34 min
Jun 1, 3:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	26 min
Jun 1, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	31 min
Jun 1, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	45 min
Jun 1, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	24 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jun 1, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	59 min
Jun 1, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	25 min
Jun 1, 5:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	54 min
Jun 1, 5:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	66 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.