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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 6, 2021Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2021, 10:30 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 6, 2021, 10:30 PM MDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2021, 11:00 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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: 60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

680 
WUUS55 KPUB 070430
SVRPUB
COC011-099-070500-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0146.210607T0430Z-210607T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1030 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 1100 PM MDT.

* At 1030 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near McClave to 7 miles southwest of Lamar, moving
  southwest at 10 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...
  Hasty, John Martin Reservoir and Caddoa. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3796 10307 3775 10266 3801 10253 3815 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 024DEG 7KT 3806 10283 3800 10270 

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

KT

2 follow-up statements

553 
WWUS55 KPUB 070444
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1044 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

COC011-099-070500-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-210607T0500Z/
Prowers CO-Bent CO-
1044 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...

At 1042 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles south of McClave to 9 miles south of Lamar,
moving south 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...
Open country south of Lamar. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3796 10307 3775 10266 3801 10253 3815 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 008DEG 13KT 3803 10283 3795 10266 

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

KT

086 
WWUS55 KPUB 070500
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1100 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

COC011-099-070510-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-210607T0500Z/
Prowers CO-Bent CO-
1100 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PROWERS AND
NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However small 
hail and very heavy rainfall is still possible with these 
thunderstorms.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Pueblo.

LAT...LON 3796 10307 3775 10266 3801 10253 3815 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 024DEG 7KT 3800 10285 3792 10268 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	31 min
Jun 6, 7:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	28 min
Jun 6, 7:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		44 min
Jun 6, 8:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	48 min
Jun 6, 9:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	45 min
Jun 6, 9:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	44 min
Jun 6, 10:22 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Prowers	113 min
Jun 6, 11:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	43 min
Jun 6, 11:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	34 min
Jun 6, 11:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	44 min
Jun 7, 12:24 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	23 min
Jun 7, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	31 min
Jun 7, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	32 min
Jun 7, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	14 min
Jun 7, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	26 min
Jun 7, 5:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jun 7, 5:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	30 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.