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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 21, 2021Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2021, 7:58 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 7:58 PM MDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2021-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

416 
WUUS55 KPUB 220158
SVRPUB
COC011-061-220230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0069.210522T0158Z-210522T0230Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  North central Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 757 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over John Martin 
  Reservoir, or 24 miles east of La Junta, moving north at 50 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...
  Las Animas, Eads, Hasty, John Martin Reservoir and Fort Lyon. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3799 10301 3803 10323 3855 10311 3849 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 194DEG 43KT 3808 10310 

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

EP
2 follow-up statements
040 
WWUS55 KPUB 220210
SVSPUB

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

COC011-061-220230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210522T0230Z/
Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
810 PM MDT Fri May 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...

At 810 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest of
Hasty, or 25 miles northwest of Lamar, moving north at 50 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...
Eads and John Martin Reservoir. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3803 10300 3817 10320 3855 10311 3849 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 194DEG 43KT 3823 10305 

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

EP
829 
WWUS55 KPUB 220229
SVSPUB

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

COC011-061-220239-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210522T0230Z/
Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
829 PM MDT Fri May 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTH
CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM MDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3803 10300 3817 10320 3855 10311 3849 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 194DEG 43KT 3844 10298 

$$

EP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent45 min
May 21, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers36 min
May 21, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Prowers33 min
May 21, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB53 min
May 21, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers37 min
May 21, 7:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent48 min
May 21, 7:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa83 min
May 21, 9:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers50 min
May 22, 11:08 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero22 min
May 22, 11:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley27 min
May 22, 12:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo31 min
May 22, 12:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano44 min
May 22, 12:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano34 min
May 22, 12:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano46 min
May 22, 1:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo44 min
May 22, 1:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso26 min
May 22, 1:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
May 22, 1:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo44 min
May 22, 1:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano40 min
May 22, 1:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano39 min
May 22, 1:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley34 min
May 22, 2:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
May 22, 2:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley44 min
May 22, 2:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla43 min
May 22, 2:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo37 min
May 22, 2:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley29 min
May 22, 2:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo25 min
May 22, 2:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso38 min
May 22, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
May 22, 2:49 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley26 min
May 22, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo46 min
May 22, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas27 min
May 22, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso24 min
May 22, 3:09 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBCrowley21 min
May 22, 3:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo37 min
May 22, 3:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo36 min
May 22, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas46 min
May 22, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo27 min
May 22, 3:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo68 min
May 22, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso15 min
May 22, 4:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo24 min
May 22, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo25 min
May 22, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
May 22, 5:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley, Otero42 min
May 22, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee36 min
May 22, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas42 min
May 22, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas39 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.