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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 29, 2021El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2021, 1:48 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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 29, 2021, 1:48 PM MDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2021, 2:15 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 29, 1:48 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 2325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

068 
WUUS55 KPUB 291948
SVRPUB
COC041-292015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0097.210529T1948Z-210529T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
148 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 215 PM MDT.

* At 147 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Peyton, or 18
  miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving east 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...
  Calhan, Peyton and Ellicott. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3880 10436 3900 10465 3911 10465 3913 10442
      3913 10424
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 289DEG 12KT 3903 10458 

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

Hodanish

3 follow-up statements

506 
WWUS55 KPUB 291955
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
155 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

COC041-292015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210529T2015Z/
El Paso CO-
155 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

At 154 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Peyton, or 20
miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 10 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...
Calhan and Peyton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3888 10435 3903 10464 3911 10465 3913 10442
      3913 10424
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 234DEG 10KT 3906 10457 

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

Hodanish

149 
WWUS55 KPUB 292004
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
204 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

COC041-292015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210529T2015Z/
El Paso CO-
204 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

At 203 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Peyton, or 22
miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 15 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...
Peyton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3899 10443 3904 10457 3911 10461 3913 10442
      3913 10435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 231DEG 15KT 3909 10455 

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

Hodanish

836 
WWUS55 KPUB 292013
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
213 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

COC041-292021-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210529T2015Z/
El Paso CO-
213 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM MDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits and is moving out of the area, and no longer poses an 
immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be 
allowed to expire.  However small hail is still possible with this 
thunderstorm.

It is likely that additional strong to severe thunderstorms will 
develop over El Paso county as the afternoon progresses. 

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.

LAT...LON 3899 10443 3904 10457 3911 10461 3913 10442
      3913 10435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 289DEG 12KT 3908 10452 

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	28 min
May 28, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	40 min
May 28, 8:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
May 28, 8:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	24 min
May 28, 8:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	37 min
May 29, 1:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	22 min
May 29, 1:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	14 min
May 29, 1:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	23 min
May 29, 2:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	41 min
May 29, 2:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 29, 2:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	52 min
May 29, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	48 min
May 29, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	31 min
May 29, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	35 min
May 29, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	49 min
May 29, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	35 min
May 29, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	50 min
May 29, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	29 min
May 29, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	44 min
May 29, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	52 min
May 29, 5:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	28 min
May 29, 5:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	36 min
May 29, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
May 29, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	29 min
May 29, 5:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	86 min
May 29, 5:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	52 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.