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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 15, 2003Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2003, 1:56 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 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 15, 2003, 1:56 PM MDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2003, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Las Animas County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 289 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2003-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2003-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

457 
WUUS55 KPUB 151956
SVRPUB
COC071-152100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
155 PM MDT THU MAY 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT

* AT 155 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF BRANSON...OR ABOUT 34
  MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  TOBE AROUND 210 PM MDT
  VILLE GREEN AROUND 225 PM MDT
  KIM AROUND 235 PM MDT

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL ONE TO
TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 70 MPH. GET INDOORS
AND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE
BEST PROTECTION.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. GET INDOORS 
AND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE 
BEST PROTECTION.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.

LAT...LON 3730 10413 3701 10388 3704 10310 3762 10312
          3752 10398

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 2:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBTeller84 min
May 15, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca67 min
May 15, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa62 min
May 15, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas59 min
May 15, 3:30 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca60 min
May 15, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers66 min
May 15, 4:13 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa62 min
May 15, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca62 min

Nearby

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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.