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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 8, 2021Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 7:03 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 72 min. 5 reports 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, 7:03 PM MDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 72 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 209 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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.

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.
May 8, 7:46 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 59	9 S Springfield, CO
May 8, 7:56 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	9 S Springfield, CO
May 8, 7:59 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 65	4 Sw Campo, CO
May 8, 8:15 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	9 S Springfield, CO

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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 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.

167 
WUUS55 KPUB 090103
SVRPUB
COC009-090215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0019.210509T0103Z-210509T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern and Central Baca County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 703 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
  of Pritchett, or 10 miles southwest of Springfield, moving
  southeast at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Campo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Wind damage with this storm 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 3700 10282 3707 10284 3738 10255 3725 10204
      3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 305DEG 31KT 3729 10274 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Cohen/KTS

2 follow-up statements

731 
WWUS55 KPUB 090131
SVSPUB

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

COC009-090215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210509T0215Z/
Baca CO-
731 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 730 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southeast of Springfield to near Campo to 13
miles northeast of Black Mesa Park, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Campo.

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 3700 10282 3707 10284 3738 10255 3725 10204
      3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 309DEG 23KT 3733 10257 3715 10258 3701 10275 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cohen

529 
WWUS55 KPUB 090150
SVSPUB

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

COC009-090215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210509T0215Z/
Baca CO-
750 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 747 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Vilas to 6 miles east of Campo to 16 miles
northeast of Black Mesa Park, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...The Springfield automated observing system reported a 59 
         mph measured wind gust in association with these storms.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Campo.

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 3700 10282 3707 10284 3738 10255 3725 10204
      3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 292DEG 22KT 3732 10247 3714 10248 3700 10265 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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, 6:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	55 min
May 8, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	46 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.