Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2005, 2:43 PM MDT for Las Animas 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
- Apr 17, 2005, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2005, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 260 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KPUB 172043 SVRPUB COC071-172145- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0004.050417T2043Z-050417T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 243 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 345 PM MDT. * AT 238 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 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIM...OR 38 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY THROUGH 330 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 3727 10339 3702 10335 3701 10310 3741 10310 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 172056 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 255 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 COC071-172145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050417T2145Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 255 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT... AT 253 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 11 MILES EAST OF KIM...OR ABOUT 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. LAT...LON 3727 10339 3702 10335 3701 10310 3741 10310 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 172113 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 313 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 COC071-172145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050417T2145Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 313 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT... AT 308 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 13 MILES EAST OF KIM...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. 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 3727 10339 3702 10335 3701 10310 3741 10310 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 172127 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 327 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 COC071-172137- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050417T2145Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 327 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... AT 324 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LIGHTNING...THE WEATHER NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY IN THIS AREA. LAT...LON 3727 10339 3702 10335 3701 10310 3741 10310 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.