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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 24, 2021Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 2:16 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 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 24, 2021, 2:16 PM MDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 24, 12:29 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

899 
WUUS55 KPUB 242016
SVRPUB
COC099-242100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0090.210524T2016Z-210524T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
216 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 300 PM MDT.

* At 216 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Holly, or 9 miles southwest of Coolidge, moving northeast at 20
  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...
  Holly.

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 3775 10212 3786 10230 3820 10205 3783 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 213DEG 19KT 3793 10211 

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

KT

3 follow-up statements

142 
WWUS55 KPUB 242028
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
228 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

COC099-242100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210524T2100Z/
Prowers CO-
228 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...

At 227 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Coolidge,
moving northeast at 20 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...
Holly.

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 3781 10212 3788 10225 3815 10205 3787 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 214DEG 16KT 3796 10208 

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

KT

809 
WWUS55 KPUB 242040
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
240 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

COC099-242100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210524T2100Z/
Prowers CO-
240 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...

At 240 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Coolidge,
moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Holly.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3781 10212 3788 10225 3815 10205 3787 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 212DEG 16KT 3799 10205 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

kam

917 
WWUS55 KPUB 242046
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
246 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

COC099-242100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210524T2100Z/
Prowers CO-
246 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...

At 246 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Coolidge,
moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Holly.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3781 10212 3788 10225 3815 10205 3787 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 213DEG 19KT 3802 10203 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

kam

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, 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, 2:57 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.