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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 21, 2021Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2021, 5:16 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 18 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 21, 2021, 5:16 PM MDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2021, 5:34 PM MDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 3153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

140 
WUUS55 KPUB 212316
SVRPUB
COC025-061-212345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0064.210521T2316Z-210521T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
516 PM MDT Fri May 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northeastern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 545 PM MDT.

* At 516 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Arlington, or 28 miles north of La Junta, moving north at 55
  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Kiowa and northeastern Crowley Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3829 10337 3831 10359 3852 10358 3852 10351
      3853 10350 3852 10330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 188DEG 49KT 3838 10347 

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

EP

2 follow-up statements

835 
WWUS55 KPUB 212325
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
525 PM MDT Fri May 21 2021

COC025-061-212345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210521T2345Z/
Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-
525 PM MDT Fri May 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES...

At 525 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wild Horse
Point, or 36 miles north of La Junta, moving north at 55 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of west
central Kiowa and northeastern Crowley Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3840 10334 3843 10358 3852 10358 3852 10351
      3853 10350 3852 10330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 188DEG 49KT 3851 10345 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

EP

729 
WWUS55 KPUB 212334
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
534 PM MDT Fri May 21 2021

COC025-061-212344-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210521T2345Z/
Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-
534 PM MDT Fri May 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KIOWA AND
NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3840 10334 3843 10358 3852 10358 3852 10351
      3853 10350 3852 10330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 188DEG 49KT 3864 10343 

$$

EP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 11:18 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande	12 hr
May 21, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	40 min
May 21, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	31 min
May 21, 4:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	52 min
May 21, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	41 min
May 21, 4:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	31 min
May 21, 5:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	26 min
May 21, 5:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	46 min
May 21, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	14 min
May 21, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	52 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.