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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 14, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 3:28 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 14, 2021, 3:28 PM MDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 32 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), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 14, 3:48 PM MDT	HAIL 1	1 Ene Rush, CO	A FEW BIGGER STONES MIXED IN WITH SMALLER HAIL.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 1782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

206 
WUUS55 KPUB 142128
SVRPUB
COC041-142200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.210514T2128Z-210514T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
328 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 327 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rush, or 34
  miles southwest of Limon, moving southeast at 35 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...
  Rush.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 10405 3877 10405 3882 10415 3888 10422
      3894 10418 3898 10412
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 296DEG 29KT 3888 10411 

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

Cohen

3 follow-up statements

563 
WWUS55 KPUB 142141
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
341 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

COC041-142200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210514T2200Z/
El Paso CO-
341 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

At 341 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rush, or 35
miles southwest of Limon, moving southeast at 20 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...
Rush.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3877 10405 3882 10415 3887 10417 3890 10415
      3895 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 310DEG 19KT 3886 10409 

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

Cohen

539 
WWUS55 KPUB 142149
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
349 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

COC041-142200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210514T2200Z/
El Paso CO-
349 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

At 349 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rush, or 34
miles southwest of Limon, moving southeast 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...
Rush.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3880 10410 3884 10412 3889 10412 3892 10405
      3877 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 297DEG 15KT 3885 10404 

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

Cohen

298 
WWUS55 KPUB 142154
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
354 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

COC041-142204-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210514T2200Z/
El Paso CO-
354 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning is moving out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire at 400 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3880 10410 3884 10412 3889 10412 3892 10405
      3877 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 296DEG 29KT 3884 10400 

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 2:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 14, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	36 min
May 14, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
May 14, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	15 min
May 14, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	31 min
May 14, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	44 min
May 14, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	43 min
May 14, 4:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	34 min
May 14, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	59 min
May 14, 4:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	58 min
May 14, 5:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
May 14, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	43 min
May 14, 5:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	24 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.