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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 28, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2021, 3:10 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 28, 2021, 3:10 PM MDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 276 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: 1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

891 
WUUS55 KPUB 282110
SVRPUB
COC071-282145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0094.210528T2110Z-210528T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
310 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 345 PM MDT.

* At 310 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles southeast
  of Thatcher, or 41 miles northeast of Trinidad, moving northwest at
  20 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3741 10364 3727 10376 3740 10414 3764 10390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 116DEG 17KT 3742 10381 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

kam

2 follow-up statements

386 
WWUS55 KPUB 282118
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
318 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021

COC071-282145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210528T2145Z/
Las Animas CO-
318 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 318 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles southeast
of Thatcher, or 42 miles northeast of Trinidad, and is nearly
stationary.

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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3741 10364 3727 10376 3740 10414 3764 10390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 137DEG 2KT 3740 10380 

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

kam

443 
WWUS55 KPUB 282133
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
333 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021

COC071-282145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210528T2145Z/
Las Animas CO-
333 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 332 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles southeast
of Thatcher, or 40 miles northeast of Trinidad, moving northwest 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
central Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3741 10364 3727 10376 3740 10414 3764 10390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 115DEG 15KT 3741 10384 

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

kam

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 2:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	34 min
May 28, 2:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
May 28, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	41 min
May 28, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	22 min
May 28, 4:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	23 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.