Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT for Las Animas 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 12, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
753
WUUS55 KPUB 130045
SVRPUB
COC071-130130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0154.210613T0045Z-210613T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
645 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 730 PM MDT.
* At 645 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles east of
Thatcher, or 33 miles southwest of La Junta, and is nearly
stationary.
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.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Las Animas County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows!
&&
LAT...LON 3762 10389 3762 10365 3741 10369 3746 10393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 000DEG 3KT 3754 10378
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
MG1 follow-up statement
993
WWUS55 KPUB 130110
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
710 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
COC071-130130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-210613T0130Z/
Las Animas CO-
710 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
At 710 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles east of
Thatcher, or 34 miles south of La Junta, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Las Animas County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3757 10381 3762 10365 3741 10369 3746 10393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 000DEG 3KT 3752 10378
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MGThe 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, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 28 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, 6:59 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 |
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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.