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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 15, 2003Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2003, 2:58 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 62 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, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2003, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 15, 12:55 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.

678 
WUUS55 KPUB 152058
SVRPUB
COC011-061-152200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 259 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LAS ANIMAS...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF
  LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  FORT LYON AROUND 305 PM MDT
  EADS AROUND 400 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.

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 3805 10337 3795 10318 3849 10265 3864 10293

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 1:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas64 min
May 15, 2:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBTeller84 min
May 15, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca67 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

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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.