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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 23, 2021Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2021, 7:46 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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, 7:46 PM MDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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
May 23, 4:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

543 
WUUS55 KPUB 240146
SVRPUB
COC011-061-099-240215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0088.210524T0146Z-210524T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Central Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 745 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sweetwater
  Reservoir, or 23 miles north of Lamar, moving northeast at 40 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, Neeoshe Reservoir, McClave, Sweetwater Reservoir, Hasty,
  Neegronda Reservoir, John Martin Reservoir, Fort Lyon and Caddoa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3797 10293 3811 10318 3862 10284 3861 10258
      3862 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 220DEG 33KT 3841 10275 

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

MOORE

1 follow-up statement

682 
WWUS55 KPUB 240213
SVSPUB

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

COC011-061-099-240223-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210524T0215Z/
Prowers CO-Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
813 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS...CENTRAL
KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 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 gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

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

LAT...LON 3797 10293 3811 10318 3862 10284 3861 10258
      3862 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 220DEG 33KT 3861 10254 

$$

MOORE

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, 6:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	26 min
May 23, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	36 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.