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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 21, 2021Baca County, Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2021, 6:42 PM MDT for Baca County, Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 21, 2021, 6:42 PM MDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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 21, 7:18 PM MDT	HAIL 1	Lamar, CO	RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 236 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: 3010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

505 
WUUS55 KPUB 220042
SVRPUB
COC009-011-099-220115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0067.210522T0042Z-210522T0115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northwestern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 641 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northwest
  of Two Buttes Reservoir, or 23 miles south of Lamar, moving north
  at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lamar.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3754 10278 3765 10302 3813 10277 3806 10239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 198DEG 40KT 3777 10277 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

MG/EP

1 follow-up statement

646 
WWUS55 KPUB 220053
SVSPUB

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

COC009-011-099-220115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-210522T0115Z/
Prowers CO-Baca CO-Bent CO-
653 PM MDT Fri May 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS...NORTHWESTERN BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES...

At 653 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles southwest
of Lamar, moving north at 45 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.

Locations impacted include...
Lamar.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3754 10278 3765 10302 3813 10277 3806 10239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 198DEG 40KT 3790 10272 

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

MG/EP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	45 min
May 21, 6:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	36 min
May 21, 6:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		53 min
May 21, 7:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	37 min
May 21, 7:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	48 min
May 21, 7:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	83 min
May 21, 7:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	32 min
May 21, 9:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	50 min
May 22, 11:08 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	22 min
May 22, 11:33 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	27 min
May 22, 12:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	31 min
May 22, 12:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	44 min
May 22, 12:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	34 min
May 22, 12:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	46 min
May 22, 1:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	44 min
May 22, 1:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	26 min
May 22, 1:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	37 min
May 22, 1:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	44 min
May 22, 1:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	40 min
May 22, 1:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	39 min
May 22, 1:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	34 min
May 22, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
May 22, 2:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	44 min
May 22, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	43 min
May 22, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
May 22, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	29 min
May 22, 2:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	25 min
May 22, 2:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	38 min
May 22, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
May 22, 2:49 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley	26 min
May 22, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	46 min
May 22, 3:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	27 min
May 22, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	24 min
May 22, 3:09 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Crowley	21 min
May 22, 3:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
May 22, 3:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
May 22, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	46 min
May 22, 3:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	27 min
May 22, 3:48 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	68 min
May 22, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	15 min
May 22, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	24 min
May 22, 4:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	25 min
May 22, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	32 min
May 22, 5:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley, Otero	42 min
May 22, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	36 min
May 22, 5:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	42 min
May 22, 5:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	39 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.