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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 16, 2021Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 6:43 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 62 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
May 16, 2021, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 16, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

451 
WUUS55 KPUB 170043
SVRPUB
COC061-099-170145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0056.210517T0043Z-210517T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
643 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 745 PM MDT.

* At 643 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 10 miles southeast of Sheridan Lake to near Queens
  Reservoir, moving east 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...
  Wiley, Neeoshe Reservoir and Queens Reservoir. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3818 10212 3812 10274 3834 10274 3844 10221
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 290DEG 12KT 3834 10219 3824 10264 

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

Cohen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 6:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers4 hr
May 16, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo35 min
May 16, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa43 min
May 16, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero70 min
May 16, 6:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero45 min
May 16, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent14 min
May 16, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso43 min
May 16, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa11 min
May 16, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero45 min
May 16, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa28 min
May 16, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers36 min
May 16, 7:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca48 min
May 16, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Kiowa29 min
May 16, 7:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers27 min
May 16, 7:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso26 min
May 16, 7:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers13 min
May 16, 7:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Prowers48 min
May 17, 4:19 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more18 hr
May 17, 11:50 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster25 min
May 17, 12:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano30 min
May 17, 12:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla34 min
May 17, 12:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano30 min
May 17, 12:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster28 min
May 17, 12:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont32 min
May 17, 1:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont26 min
May 17, 1:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster45 min
May 17, 1:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla28 min
May 17, 1:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache34 min
May 17, 1:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla32 min
May 17, 1:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont30 min
May 17, 1:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa51 min
May 17, 1:46 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBHuerfano, Las Animas3 hr
May 17, 1:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano28 min
May 17, 1:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont32 min
May 17, 2:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache41 min
May 17, 2:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla37 min
May 17, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano30 min
May 17, 2:16 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCuster, Pueblo3 hr
May 17, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas36 min
May 17, 2:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa46 min
May 17, 2:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano47 min
May 17, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano43 min
May 17, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas61 min
May 17, 3:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano47 min
May 17, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano44 min
May 17, 3:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBFremont118 min
May 17, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo54 min
May 17, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont46 min
May 17, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas15 min
May 17, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo44 min
May 17, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas43 min
May 17, 4:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas3 hr
May 17, 4:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas18 min
May 17, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo46 min
May 17, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano24 min
May 17, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas26 min
May 17, 5:19 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBPueblo108 min
May 17, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas49 min
May 17, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo45 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.