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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 27, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2021, 1:44 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 27, 2021, 1:44 PM MDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2021, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

699 
WUUS55 KPUB 271944
SVRPUB
COC041-272015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0002.210427T1944Z-210427T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
144 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 215 PM MDT.

* At 144 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
  Calhan, or 27 miles east of Colorado Springs, moving northeast at
  15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Calhan.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3900 10405 3898 10406 3887 10429 3891 10440
      3913 10439
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 217DEG 15KT 3893 10432 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KTS
2 follow-up statements
503 
WWUS55 KPUB 272004
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
204 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

COC041-272015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210427T2015Z/
El Paso CO-
204 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

At 204 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Calhan, or 32
miles east of Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 15 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Calhan.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3900 10405 3898 10406 3890 10423 3893 10434
      3911 10434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 217DEG 15KT 3900 10425 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KTS
770 
WWUS55 KPUB 272013
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
213 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

COC041-272023-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210427T2015Z/
El Paso CO-
213 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 215 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.

LAT...LON 3900 10405 3898 10406 3890 10423 3893 10434
      3911 10434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 217DEG 15KT 3902 10423 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 11:28 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Apr 27, 11:53 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso37 min
Apr 27, 12:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso26 min
Apr 27, 12:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Apr 27, 1:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
Apr 27, 1:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso25 min
Apr 27, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso14 min
Apr 27, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert30 min
Apr 27, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso36 min
Apr 27, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley28 min
Apr 27, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
Apr 27, 3:02 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBAlamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more13 hr
Apr 27, 3:26 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningPUBBaca3 hr
Apr 27, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo26 min
Apr 27, 4:01 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa14 min
Apr 27, 4:15 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa15 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.