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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 23, 2021Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2021, 6:49 PM MDT for Kiowa 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 23, 2021, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 12:06 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 3282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

867 
WUUS55 KPUB 240049
SVRPUB
COC061-240115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0086.210524T0049Z-210524T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
649 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 648 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of
  Sweetwater Reservoir, or 27 miles northwest of Lamar, moving
  northeast 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.

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 3827 10292 3838 10310 3862 10298 3861 10239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 218DEG 42KT 3838 10296 

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

MOORE

2 follow-up statements

660 
WWUS55 KPUB 240059
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
659 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

COC061-240115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-210524T0115Z/
Kiowa CO-
659 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...

At 658 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Eads, or 30
miles northwest of Lamar, moving northeast at 50 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...
Eads.

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 3827 10292 3838 10310 3862 10298 3861 10239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 218DEG 42KT 3848 10286 

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

MOORE

156 
WWUS55 KPUB 240115
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
715 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

COC061-240121-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-210524T0115Z/
Kiowa CO-
715 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 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, this warning will be allowed to expire. However, another 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for Central Kiowa 
County and Northeastern Bent County until 745 PM MDT since storms 
continue to develop in the area.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for Kiowa County.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Pueblo.

LAT...LON 3827 10292 3838 10310 3862 10298 3861 10239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 218DEG 42KT 3860 10274 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	44 min
May 23, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	36 min
May 23, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	29 min
May 23, 8:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	57 min
May 23, 9:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	49 min
May 23, 9:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		48 min
May 23, 10:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	39 min
May 23, 10:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	52 min
May 24, 8:44 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	PUB	Bent	10 hr
May 24, 1:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	38 min
May 24, 1:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	43 min
May 24, 2:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	44 min
May 24, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	63 min
May 24, 3:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	41 min
May 24, 3:22 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Prowers	3 hr
May 24, 4:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	45 min
May 24, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	31 min
May 24, 5:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	44 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.