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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 17, 2004Crowley County, Kiowa County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2004, 6:18 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 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 17, 2004, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2004, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 175 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

293 
WUUS55 KPUB 180018
SVRPUB
COC025-061-089-180115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
617 PM MDT MON MAY 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 613 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST
  CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  RURAL EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY BY 630 PM MDT
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY BY 630 PM MDT
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY BY 640 PM MDT

AT 538 PM THE PUBLIC SAW GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
ORDWAY.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3845 10367 3829 10377 3815 10348 3833 10334

$$

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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.