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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 14, 2021Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2021, 7:39 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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, 7:39 PM MDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2021, 8:12 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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, 7:41 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	4 S Mcclave, CO
May 14, 7:54 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Se Caddoa, CO	CORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 4 SE CADDOA. POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN.
May 14, 7:54 PM MDT	NON-TSTM WND DMG	4 Se Caddoa, CO	POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN.

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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.

326 
WFUS55 KPUB 150139
TORPUB
COC011-150230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0006.210515T0139Z-210515T0230Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 830 PM MDT.
    
* At 739 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near John Martin Reservoir, or 21 miles west of Lamar,
  moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.

  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
  east central 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 3780 10275 3794 10300 3798 10305 3812 10299
      3812 10274 3783 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 311DEG 29KT 3803 10301 

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

$$

Cohen

2 follow-up statements

621 
WWUS55 KPUB 150209
SVSPUB

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

COC011-150230-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210515T0230Z/
Bent CO-
809 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BENT COUNTY...
    
At 809 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Lamar, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Bent County.

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 3787 10285 3797 10295 3802 10292 3810 10283
      3812 10274 3783 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 268DEG 32KT 3801 10275 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Cohen

366 
WWUS55 KPUB 150212
SVSPUB

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

COC011-150222-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210515T0230Z/
Bent CO-
812 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However, gusty winds are 
still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3787 10285 3797 10295 3802 10292 3810 10283
      3812 10274 3783 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 311DEG 29KT 3799 10272 

$$

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, 7:23 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent	37 min
May 14, 7:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	52 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.