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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 24, 2021Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 3:19 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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, 3:19 PM MDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 12:29 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

024 
WUUS55 KPUB 242119
SVRPUB
COC061-099-242200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0092.210524T2119Z-210524T2200Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 319 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Holly, or 9
  miles west of 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 and Hartman. 

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 3790 10221 3794 10230 3829 10216 3822 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 214DEG 18KT 3799 10217 

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

kam
1 follow-up statement
778 
WWUS55 KPUB 242143
SVSPUB

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

COC061-099-242200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-210524T2200Z/
Prowers CO-Kiowa CO-
343 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PROWERS AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...

At 343 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Holly, or 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Prowers and southeastern Kiowa Counties.

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 3798 10218 3805 10221 3829 10216 3822 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 214DEG 18KT 3809 10208 

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

kam

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa44 min
May 23, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa26 min
May 23, 7:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa36 min
May 23, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers29 min
May 23, 8:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa57 min
May 23, 9:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa49 min
May 23, 9:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB48 min
May 23, 10:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa39 min
May 23, 10:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca52 min
May 24, 8:44 AM MDTRiver Flood WatchPUBBent10 hr
May 24, 1:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers38 min
May 24, 1:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers43 min
May 24, 2:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers44 min
May 24, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers63 min
May 24, 3:22 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBProwers3 hr
May 24, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers45 min
May 24, 4:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers31 min
May 24, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers44 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.