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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 2, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 1:20 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min. 3 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 2, 2021, 1:20 PM MDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2021, 1:45 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 2, 1:25 PM MDT	HAIL 1	2 N Security, CO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).
May 2, 1:31 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	Peterson Afb, CO
May 2, 1:47 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	4 Se Peterson Afb, CO

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 2, 11:45 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 1976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

356 
WUUS55 KPUB 021920
SVRPUB
COC041-021945-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0004.210502T1920Z-210502T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
120 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 145 PM MDT.

* At 119 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over southeastern
  Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. Quarter size hail was reported 
           at Flying Horse Ranch.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Southern Colorado Springs, Fountain, Ellicott, Stratmoor, Schriever
  AFB, Security, Peterson AFB, Falcon, Security-Widefield, Cimarron
  Hills and Fort Carson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3871 10474 3883 10483 3905 10444 3880 10430
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 245DEG 16KT 3880 10472 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Hodanish

1 follow-up statement

933 
WWUS55 KPUB 021930
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
130 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021

COC041-021945-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210502T1945Z/
El Paso CO-
130 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

At 130 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over southeastern
Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage 
         to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

Locations impacted include...
Southeastern Colorado Springs, Fountain, Ellicott, Schriever AFB,
Peterson AFB, Falcon, Security-Widefield and Cimarron Hills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3872 10470 3883 10479 3905 10444 3880 10430
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 245DEG 16KT 3882 10466 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 4:01 AM MDT	Winter Storm Warning	PUB	Custer, El Paso, Huerfano, Pueblo, Teller	40 hr
May 2, 1:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	34 min
May 2, 1:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	27 min
May 2, 1:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
May 2, 2:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	44 min
May 2, 2:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	45 min
May 2, 2:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	57 min
May 2, 2:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero, Pueblo	51 min
May 2, 2:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	38 min
May 2, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	53 min
May 2, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	32 min
May 2, 3:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	38 min
May 2, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	72 min
May 2, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers	52 min
May 2, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	28 min
May 2, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	32 min
May 2, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	44 min
May 2, 4:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Bent, Prowers	35 min
May 2, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	28 min
May 2, 4:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	61 min
May 2, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	39 min
May 2, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	45 min
May 2, 5:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	34 min
May 2, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	17 min
May 2, 5:24 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	51 min
May 2, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	48 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.