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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 2, 2021Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 2:39 PM MDT for Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 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 2, 2021, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2021, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 3:30 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 58La Junta, CO

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 11:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-02Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -89 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

256 
WUUS55 KPUB 022039
SVRPUB
COC089-101-022130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0008.210502T2039Z-210502T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
239 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  East central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 330 PM MDT.

* At 236 PM MDT, the leading edge of a line of severe wind gusts 
  associated with thunderstorm activity was located along a line 
  extending from 16 miles southwest of Forder to 10 miles north of 
  Olney Springs to near Boone, moving east at 40 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...
  La Junta, North La Junta, Rocky Ford, Fowler, Swink, Manzanola,
  Cheraw, Timpas and Higbee.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Wind damage with these storms will occur before any rain or
lightning. Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3797 10417 3819 10424 3824 10418 3818 10410
      3818 10405 3814 10405 3815 10399 3812 10394
      3813 10390 3811 10384 3811 10362 3817 10362
      3817 10353 3808 10340 3777 10341 3777 10383
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 283DEG 34KT 3847 10385 3831 10402 3823 10422 

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

COHEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 4:01 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUBCuster, El Paso, Huerfano, Pueblo, Teller40 hr
May 2, 1:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso34 min
May 2, 1:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso27 min
May 2, 1:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso25 min
May 2, 1:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso23 min
May 2, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo44 min
May 2, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo45 min
May 2, 2:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo57 min
May 2, 2:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo38 min
May 2, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero53 min
May 2, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero32 min
May 2, 3:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont38 min
May 2, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas72 min
May 2, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers52 min
May 2, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca28 min
May 2, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
May 2, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero44 min
May 2, 4:25 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBBent, Prowers35 min
May 2, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca28 min
May 2, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers61 min
May 2, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca39 min
May 2, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers45 min
May 2, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers34 min
May 2, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley17 min
May 2, 5:24 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers51 min
May 2, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca48 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.