Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 5:23 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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 12, 2021, 5:23 PM MDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 258 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
178
WUUS55 KPUB 122323
SVRPUB
COC071-089-130000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0149.210612T2323Z-210613T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
523 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
Northeastern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 600 PM MDT.
* At 523 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
Delhi, or 29 miles southwest of La Junta, moving northeast at 20
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...
Timpas and Delhi.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3745 10392 3762 10403 3785 10378 3761 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 234DEG 17KT 3761 10383
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MG/KM2 follow-up statements
115
WWUS55 KPUB 122332
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
532 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
COC071-089-130000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-210613T0000Z/
Otero CO-Las Animas CO-
532 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OTERO AND NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...
At 531 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles east of
Delhi, or 27 miles southwest of La Junta, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Timpas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3746 10388 3762 10400 3785 10378 3761 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 234DEG 17KT 3763 10379
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MG/KM141
WWUS55 KPUB 122339
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
539 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
COC071-089-130000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-210613T0000Z/
Otero CO-Las Animas CO-
539 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OTERO AND NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...
At 538 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles south of
Timpas, or 25 miles southwest of La Junta, moving northeast at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Tennis ball size 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...
Timpas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3749 10386 3762 10398 3783 10378 3761 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 234DEG 17KT 3765 10375
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
MG/KMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 5:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 47 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.