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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 8, 2021Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 6:35 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2021, 6:35 PM MDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 8, 7:39 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 59	9 S Springfield, CO	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 9 S SPRINGFIELD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 4771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

041 
WUUS55 KPUB 090035
SVRPUB
COC009-071-090130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0018.210509T0035Z-210509T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
635 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 730 PM MDT.

* At 634 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 24 miles west of Two Buttes Reservoir to 9 miles
  northwest of Pritchett to 11 miles east of Kim, moving southeast at
  30 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Springfield, Pritchett, Vilas and Two Buttes. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Wind damage with these storms will occur before any rain or
lightning. Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3730 10323 3763 10311 3756 10231 3703 10269
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 303DEG 27KT 3759 10303 3744 10301 3726 10314 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Cohen/KTS

2 follow-up statements

114 
WWUS55 KPUB 090052
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
652 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021

COC071-090101-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210509T0130Z/
Las Animas CO-
652 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled for east central Las 
Animas County.

LAT...LON 3723 10309 3738 10308 3738 10307 3763 10308
      3756 10231 3703 10269
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 305DEG 31KT 3759 10288 3733 10285 3719 10299 

$$

COC009-090130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210509T0130Z/
Baca CO-
652 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 651 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 16 miles west of Two Buttes Reservoir to near
Pritchett to 20 miles east of Kim, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Pritchett, Vilas and Two Buttes. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Wind damage with these storms will occur before any rain or
lightning. Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3723 10309 3738 10308 3738 10307 3763 10308
      3756 10231 3703 10269
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 305DEG 31KT 3759 10288 3733 10285 3719 10299 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Cohen

257 
WWUS55 KPUB 090106
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
706 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021

COC009-090130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210509T0130Z/
Baca CO-
706 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 705 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 12 miles southwest of Two Buttes Reservoir to 8 miles
southeast of Pritchett to 17 miles north of Kenton, moving southeast
at 30 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Pritchett, Vilas and Two Buttes. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Wind damage with these storms will occur before any rain or
lightning. Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3718 10300 3762 10294 3756 10231 3703 10269
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 302DEG 28KT 3754 10278 3728 10275 3714 10289 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	37 min
May 8, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	46 min
May 8, 7:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	72 min
May 8, 7:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	42 min
May 8, 8:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	61 min
May 8, 8:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	39 min
May 9, 12:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	41 min
May 9, 1:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
May 9, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	41 min
May 9, 2:46 PM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Teller	18 hr
May 9, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	34 min
May 9, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.