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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 14, 2021Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2021, 7:23 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2021, 7:23 PM MDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 14, 7:26 PM MDT	HAIL 2	1 Sw Fort Lyon, CO	REPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG (2.00 IN.).
May 14, 7:26 PM MDT	HAIL 2	2 Wsw Fort Lyon, CO
May 14, 7:35 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	Fort Lyon, CO	REPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.).

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 14, 3:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

332 
WFUS55 KPUB 150123
TORPUB
COC011-150200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0005.210515T0123Z-210515T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
723 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 800 PM MDT.
    
* At 722 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Las Animas, or 22 miles northeast of North La
  Junta, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  John Martin Reservoir around 730 PM MDT.
  Hasty around 735 PM MDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Fort
Lyon and Caddoa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3810 10322 3818 10318 3819 10298 3813 10283
      3794 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 306DEG 31KT 3811 10315 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Cohen

2 follow-up statements

811 
WWUS55 KPUB 150131
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
731 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

COC011-150200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210515T0200Z/
Bent CO-
731 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY...
    
At 730 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over John Martin Reservoir, or 24 miles west of Lamar,
moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Hasty around 740 PM MDT.
  McClave around 745 PM MDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Fort
Lyon and Caddoa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3810 10322 3818 10318 3819 10298 3813 10283
      3794 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 296DEG 30KT 3809 10306 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

Cohen

875 
WWUS55 KPUB 150150
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
750 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

COC011-150200-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210515T0200Z/
Bent CO-
750 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY...
    
At 749 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hasty, or 19 miles west of Lamar, moving southeast
at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Bent County, including the following locations...
Caddoa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3803 10312 3819 10298 3813 10283 3794 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 311DEG 19KT 3802 10296 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	65 min
May 14, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	45 min
May 14, 7:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	60 min
May 14, 7:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	52 min
May 14, 7:39 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent	33 min
May 14, 7:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	38 min
May 14, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	32 min
May 14, 8:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	53 min
May 15, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	27 min
May 15, 3:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	41 min
May 15, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 15, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	31 min
May 15, 4:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	39 min
May 15, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	41 min
May 15, 4:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	35 min
May 15, 5:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	29 min
May 15, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
May 15, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	32 min
May 15, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	45 min
May 15, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	38 min
May 15, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Custer, Fremont, Pueblo	63 min
May 15, 5:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	40 min
May 15, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	59 min
May 15, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.