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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2021Las Animas County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 6:17 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 264 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: 528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

233 
WUUS55 KPUB 130017
SVRPUB
COC071-089-101-130045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0152.210613T0017Z-210613T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
617 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  North central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 616 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
  Delhi, or 36 miles northeast of Trinidad, moving northeast at 45
  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...
  Delhi and Thatcher. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3751 10425 3766 10431 3782 10405 3756 10393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 243DEG 39KT 3764 10419 

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

kam

3 follow-up statements

875 
WWUS55 KPUB 130023
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
623 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

COC071-089-101-130045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-210613T0045Z/
Otero CO-Las Animas CO-Pueblo CO-
623 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTERO...NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
PUEBLO COUNTIES...

At 623 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Delhi, or 39 miles northeast of Trinidad, moving northeast at 40 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...
Delhi and Thatcher. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3752 10421 3768 10428 3782 10405 3756 10393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 242DEG 36KT 3766 10414 

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

kam

238 
WWUS55 KPUB 130028
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
628 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

COC071-089-101-130045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-210613T0045Z/
Otero CO-Las Animas CO-Pueblo CO-
628 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTERO...NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
PUEBLO COUNTIES...

At 628 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Delhi, or 36
miles southwest of La Junta, moving northeast at 40 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...
Delhi and Thatcher. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3753 10414 3770 10422 3782 10405 3756 10393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 242DEG 37KT 3768 10410 

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

kam

483 
WWUS55 KPUB 130036
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
636 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

COC071-089-101-130045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-210613T0045Z/
Otero CO-Las Animas CO-Pueblo CO-
636 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTERO...NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
PUEBLO COUNTIES...

At 636 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Delhi, or 31
miles southwest of La Junta, moving northeast at 45 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...
Delhi and Thatcher. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3756 10409 3771 10419 3782 10405 3756 10393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 242DEG 38KT 3772 10402 

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

kam

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
Jun 12, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	36 min
Jun 12, 6:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Las Animas	35 min
Jun 12, 6:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	38 min
Jun 12, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	45 min
Jun 12, 6:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Las Animas	6 min
Jun 12, 7:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	50 min
Jun 12, 7:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	49 min
Jun 12, 7:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	35 min
Jun 12, 7:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	32 min
Jun 12, 8:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	49 min
Jun 13, 12:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	23 min
Jun 13, 1:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	8 min
Jun 13, 1:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min

Nearby

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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.