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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 2, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 1:37 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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 2, 2021, 1:37 PM MDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 1:47 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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

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The text

As transmitted.

671 
WUUS55 KPUB 021937
SVRPUB
COC041-022000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0005.210502T1937Z-210502T2000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 200 PM MDT.

* At 137 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Security-Widefield, or 12 miles southeast of Colorado Springs,
  moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Southeastern Colorado Springs, Fountain, Hanover, Ellicott,
  Schriever AFB, 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 3868 10472 3887 10468 3884 10427 3857 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 281DEG 18KT 3874 10463 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Hodanish

1 follow-up statement

962 
WWUS55 KPUB 021948
SVSPUB

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

COC041-022000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210502T2000Z/
El Paso CO-
148 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

At 148 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fountain, or 15
miles southeast of Colorado Springs, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Southeastern Colorado Springs, Fountain, Schriever AFB and Hanover. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3866 10465 3884 10464 3879 10429 3857 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 290DEG 17KT 3870 10459 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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, 1:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	25 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.