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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 7:25 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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, 7:25 PM MDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 278 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.

095 
WUUS55 KPUB 130125
SVRPUB
COC071-130215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0155.210613T0125Z-210613T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 725 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles southeast
  of Thatcher, or 40 miles south of La Junta, moving southeast at 10
  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  east central Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3740 10395 3753 10387 3745 10352 3726 10365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 302DEG 10KT 3743 10382 

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

MG/KM

2 follow-up statements

949 
WWUS55 KPUB 130146
SVSPUB

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

COC071-130215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210613T0215Z/
Las Animas CO-
746 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 746 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles southeast
of Thatcher, or 41 miles south of La Junta, moving southeast at 10
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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3737 10388 3751 10378 3745 10352 3726 10365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 302DEG 10KT 3740 10376 

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

MG

811 
WWUS55 KPUB 130210 RRA
SVSPUB

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

COC071-130220-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210613T0215Z/
Las Animas CO-
810 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM MDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3737 10388 3751 10378 3745 10352 3726 10365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 302DEG 10KT 3736 10369 

$$

MG

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, 6:17 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, 6:45 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, 7:41 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.