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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 23, 2005Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2005, 10:22 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 21 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: Aug 23, 2005, 10:22 PM MDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2005, 10:43 PM MDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 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.

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 240422
SVRPUB
COC061-240515-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0166.050824T0422Z-050824T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1022 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT.

* AT 1020 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR
  CHIVINGTON...OR 28 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 10
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER CHIVINGTON BY 1035 PM MDT.
  OVER SHERIDAN LAKE BY 1115 PM MDT.

BRANDON 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 3859 10266 3842 10272 3827 10210 3851 10210

$$

LW

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 240443
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1042 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2005

COC061-240452-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-050824T0515Z/
KIOWA CO-
1042 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELED...

AT 1038 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN...THE WEATHER NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE 
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY IN THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 3859 10266 3842 10272 3827 10210 3851 10210

$$

LW

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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.