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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 3, 2005Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2005, 4:39 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 66 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2005, 4:39 PM MDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 4:48 PM MDTHAIL 0.755 E Wiley, CO
Jul 3, 5:13 PM MDTTSTM WND DMGBristol, CONINE POWER POLES SNAPPED TO THE GROUND
Jul 3, 5:13 PM MDTHAIL 1.75Bristol, CO
Jul 3, 5:21 PM MDTHAIL 1.75Bristol, CO
Jul 3, 5:23 PM MDTHAIL 1.75Bristol, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2005-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 032240
SVRPUB
COC099-032345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0113.050703T2239Z-050703T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
439 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
  THIS INCLUDES LAMAR.

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT.

* AT 436 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED
  NEAR NEE NOSHE RESERVOIR...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER WILEY BY 450 PM MDT.
  OVER LAMAR BY 505 PM MDT.   
  OVER BRISTOL BY 525 PM MDT.
  OVER GRANADA BY 530 PM MDT.

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 3799 10205 3826 10240 3826 10272 3799 10271
      3773 10257

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 032255
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
453 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2005

COC099-032345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050703T2345Z/
PROWERS CO-
453 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM MDT...

AT 449 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 10
MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR LAMAR BY 505 PM MDT.   
  6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANADA BY 535 PM MDT.

PENNY SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 5 E OF WILEY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3799 10205 3826 10240 3826 10272 3799 10271
      3773 10257

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa79 min
Jul 3, 5:22 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers53 min
Jul 3, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.