Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2021, 4:59 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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 16, 2021, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Crowley County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 16, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
684
WFUS55 KPUB 162259
TORPUB
COC025-162345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0009.210516T2259Z-210516T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
459 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 545 PM MDT.
* At 459 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles west of Wild Horse Point, or 38 miles north of
La Junta, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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 Crowley 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 3852 10351 3838 10351 3837 10383 3852 10385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 332DEG 15KT 3853 10368
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Cohen1 follow-up statement
227
WWUS55 KPUB 162322
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
522 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
COC025-162345-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210516T2345Z/
Crowley CO-
522 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...
At 521 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles southwest of Wild Horse Point, or 31 miles north
of La Junta, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Crowley County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 10351 3838 10351 3837 10370 3841 10377
3852 10385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 308DEG 12KT 3844 10365
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CohenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| May 15, 6:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 29 min |
| May 15, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 23 min |
| May 15, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 64 min |
| May 15, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| May 15, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 53 min |
| May 15, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 64 min |
| May 15, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| May 15, 7:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 17 min |
| May 15, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 46 min |
| May 15, 7:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 57 min |
| May 15, 7:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 18 min |
| May 15, 8:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 30 min |
| May 15, 8:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 49 min |
| May 15, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 45 min |
| May 15, 8:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 15, 9:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 29 min |
| May 15, 10:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 45 min |
| May 16, 1:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 16 min |
| May 16, 1:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 27 min |
| May 16, 1:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 26 min |
| May 16, 1:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 39 min |
| May 16, 2:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| May 16, 2:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 13 min |
| May 16, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 11 min |
| May 16, 2:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| May 16, 2:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 34 min |
| May 16, 2:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
| May 16, 2:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 27 min |
| May 16, 2:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 32 min |
| May 16, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 14 min |
| May 16, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| May 16, 3:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 31 min |
| May 16, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 30 min |
| May 16, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 28 min |
| May 16, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 27 min |
| May 16, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 51 min |
| May 16, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 33 min |
| May 16, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 40 min |
| May 16, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 51 min |
| May 16, 3:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 26 min |
| May 16, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 24 min |
| May 16, 3:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 53 min |
| May 16, 3:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 36 min |
| May 16, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 42 min |
| May 16, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 37 min |
| May 16, 4:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 32 min |
| May 16, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 55 min |
| May 16, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 28 min |
| May 16, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 38 min |
| May 16, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 68 min |
| May 16, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 64 min |
| May 16, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 68 min |
| May 16, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 78 min |
| May 16, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 62 min |
| May 16, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 42 min |
| May 16, 4:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 88 min |
| May 16, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 18 min |
| May 16, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 49 min |
| May 16, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 31 min |
| May 16, 5:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 42 min |
| May 16, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 63 min |
| May 16, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 61 min |
| May 16, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 42 min |
| May 16, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 38 min |
| May 16, 5:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 49 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.