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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 22, 2021Las Animas County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2021, 7:49 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 22, 2021, 7:49 PM MDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 12:20 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 249 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 2021-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

932 
WUUS55 KPUB 230149
SVRPUB
COC071-089-230215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0081.210523T0149Z-210523T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
749 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  North central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 749 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Thatcher, or
  35 miles northeast of Trinidad, moving northeast 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Delhi, Timpas and Thatcher. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3753 10420 3774 10408 3774 10406 3776 10407
      3805 10390 3792 10360 3744 10401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 208DEG 49KT 3755 10406 

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

EP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero, Pueblo63 min
May 22, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas29 min
May 22, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas46 min
May 22, 7:30 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas91 min
May 22, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero43 min
May 22, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas43 min
May 22, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero28 min
May 22, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero32 min
May 22, 8:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley46 min
May 22, 9:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero50 min
May 22, 10:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla27 min
May 23, 12:34 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont41 min
May 23, 12:38 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache37 min
May 23, 12:59 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa31 min
May 23, 3:17 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 min
May 23, 4:17 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 min
May 23, 5:02 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero28 min
May 23, 11:37 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo23 min
May 23, 12:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo28 min
May 23, 12:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo33 min
May 23, 12:26 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo34 min
May 23, 12:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
May 23, 12:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo37 min
May 23, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso36 min
May 23, 5:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa22 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.