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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 26, 2005Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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: Jul 26, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2005, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 262345
SVRPUB
COC055-071-270045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0151.050726T2345Z-050727T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
545 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
  WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT.

* AT 544 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 6
  MILES SOUTH OF WALSENBURG...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER INTERSTATE 25 2 MILES SOUTH OF WALSENBURG THROUGH 600 PM.
  OVER AGUILAR BY 615 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.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD FURTHER INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE A
TORNADO WITH LITTLE WARNING GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN
OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3767 10469 3755 10487 3721 10469 3737 10433

$$

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 262357
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
557 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

COC055-071-270045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050727T0045Z/
HUERFANO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
557 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT...

AT 553 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 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF AGUILAR...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF WALSENBURG...
AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER AGUILAR BY 620 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 3761 10468 3751 10484 3721 10469 3737 10433

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 270019
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
619 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

COC055-270029-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050727T0045Z/
HUERFANO CO-
619 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HUERFANO COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELED...

AT 616 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
LIGHTNING...THE WEATHER NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE
OR PROPERTY IN THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 3751 10459 3740 10472 3736 10487 3710 10469
      3726 10430

$$

COC071-270045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050727T0045Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
619 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT...

AT 616 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 NEAR
GULNARE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...AND WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER COKEDALE BY 645 PM MDT.

BONCARBO IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

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 3751 10459 3740 10472 3736 10487 3710 10469
      3726 10430

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 270029
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
628 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

COC071-270045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050727T0045Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
628 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT...

AT 624 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 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR
BONCARBO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...AND WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER COKEDALE BY 645 PM MDT.

BONCARBO IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

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 3749 10461 3740 10472 3736 10487 3710 10469
      3726 10430

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 270044
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
641 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

COC071-270051-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050727T0045Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
641 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 638 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
LIGHTNING...THE WEATHER HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA AND NO
LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3749 10461 3740 10472 3736 10487 3710 10469
      3726 10430

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	54 min
Jul 26, 4:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 26, 4:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	25 min
Jul 26, 5:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.