Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 6:59 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2021, 7:44 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 16, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS55 KPUB 170059
SVRPUB
COC089-170200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0057.210517T0059Z-210517T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
659 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 800 PM MDT.
* At 659 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Rocky Ford to Timpas, moving southeast at 25 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...
La Junta, North La Junta, Rocky Ford, Swink, Higbee and Timpas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3779 10386 3808 10374 3810 10340 3764 10341
3764 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 308DEG 22KT 3807 10374 3780 10378
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Cohen1 follow-up statement
793
WWUS55 KPUB 170144
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
744 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
COC089-170154-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210517T0200Z/
Otero CO-
744 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.
LAT...LON 3779 10386 3808 10374 3810 10340 3764 10341
3764 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 308DEG 22KT 3790 10347 3763 10351
$$
CohenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 35 min |
| May 16, 6:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 43 min |
| May 16, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 70 min |
| May 16, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 62 min |
| May 16, 6:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 45 min |
| May 16, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 14 min |
| May 16, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| May 16, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 11 min |
| May 16, 7:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 28 min |
| May 16, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 36 min |
| May 16, 7:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| May 16, 7:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 29 min |
| May 16, 7:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 27 min |
| May 16, 7:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| May 16, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 13 min |
| May 16, 7:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:19 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 17, 11:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 25 min |
| May 17, 12:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| May 17, 12:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 34 min |
| May 17, 12:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| May 17, 12:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 28 min |
| May 17, 12:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 32 min |
| May 17, 1:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 26 min |
| May 17, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 45 min |
| May 17, 1:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 28 min |
| May 17, 1:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 34 min |
| May 17, 1:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 32 min |
| May 17, 1:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 30 min |
| May 17, 1:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 51 min |
| May 17, 1:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| May 17, 1:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 28 min |
| May 17, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 32 min |
| May 17, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 41 min |
| May 17, 2:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 37 min |
| May 17, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| May 17, 2:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 17, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| May 17, 2:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 46 min |
| May 17, 2:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 47 min |
| May 17, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 43 min |
| May 17, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 min |
| May 17, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 47 min |
| May 17, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 44 min |
| May 17, 3:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont | 118 min |
| May 17, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 54 min |
| May 17, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 46 min |
| May 17, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 15 min |
| May 17, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 44 min |
| May 17, 4:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 43 min |
| May 17, 4:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| May 17, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 18 min |
| May 17, 4:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 46 min |
| May 17, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 24 min |
| May 17, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 26 min |
| May 17, 5:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 108 min |
| May 17, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 49 min |
| May 17, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 45 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.