Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2024
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2024, 3:34 PM MDT for Baca County, Bent County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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, 2024, 3:34 PM MDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2024, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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 28, 1:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 1617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
230
WUUS55 KPUB 282134
SVRPUB
COC009-011-071-282200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.240528T2134Z-240528T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
334 PM MDT Tue May 28 2024
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
East central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
Southwestern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 400 PM MDT.
* At 334 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles north of
Kim, or 35 miles west of Springfield, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch 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
northwestern Baca, east central Las Animas and southwestern Bent
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 10332 3750 10339 3776 10329 3762 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 220DEG 20KT 3749 10326
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
PS1 follow-up statement
382
WWUS55 KPUB 282145
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
345 PM MDT Tue May 28 2024
COC009-282154-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240528T2200Z/
Baca CO-
345 PM MDT Tue May 28 2024
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.
&&
LAT...LON 3750 10325 3755 10333 3776 10329 3765 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 220DEG 20KT 3754 10321
$$
COC011-071-282200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240528T2200Z/
Las Animas CO-Bent CO-
345 PM MDT Tue May 28 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES...
At 344 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 20 miles southeast
of Higbee, or 33 miles west of Springfield, moving northeast at 25
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 east
central Las Animas and southwestern Bent Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3750 10325 3755 10333 3776 10329 3765 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 220DEG 20KT 3754 10321
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 12:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Douglas | 26 min |
| May 28, 1:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| May 28, 1:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| May 28, 1:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| May 28, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| May 28, 1:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 25 min |
| May 28, 2:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 27 min |
| May 28, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| May 28, 2:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 33 min |
| May 28, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| May 28, 2:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 29 min | |
| May 28, 2:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| May 28, 2:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| May 28, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| May 28, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| May 28, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 13 min |
| May 28, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 33 min |
| May 28, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 33 min |
| May 28, 3:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| May 28, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Gunnison | 32 min |
| May 28, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers | 32 min |
| May 28, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 28 min |
| May 28, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 27 min |
| May 28, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 23 min |
| May 28, 4:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| May 28, 4:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 31 min |
| May 28, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 14 min |
| May 28, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 27 min |
| May 28, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 34 min |
| May 28, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 37 min |
| May 28, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 30 min |
| May 28, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 28 min |
| May 28, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 26 min |
| May 28, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 47 min |
| May 28, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 35 min |
| May 28, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 28, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 25 min |
| May 28, 5:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 31 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.