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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 24, 2021Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.

550 
WUUS55 KPUB 242200
SVRPUB
COC099-242245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0093.210524T2200Z-210524T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
400 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 445 PM MDT.

* At 359 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Coolidge,
  moving northeast at 15 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...
  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 10216 3791 10231 3825 10205 3789 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 222DEG 14KT 3805 10204 

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

KT

3 follow-up statements

567 
WWUS55 KPUB 242218
SVSPUB

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

COC099-242245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210524T2245Z/
Prowers CO-
418 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...

At 418 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of
Holly, or 11 miles southwest of Coolidge, moving northeast at 30 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3786 10218 3791 10231 3825 10205 3792 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 222DEG 27KT 3796 10218 

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

kam

911 
WWUS55 KPUB 242232
SVSPUB

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

COC099-242245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210524T2245Z/
Prowers CO-
432 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...

At 432 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Coolidge,
moving northeast at 30 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3789 10211 3798 10225 3804 10221 3820 10205
      3792 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 244DEG 26KT 3799 10208 

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

kam

235 
WWUS55 KPUB 242243
SVSPUB

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

COC099-242253-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210524T2245Z/
Prowers CO-
443 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 445 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 small hail
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3786 10218 3791 10231 3825 10205 3792 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 222DEG 14KT 3803 10210 

$$

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, 2:16 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, 4:29 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.