Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 15, 2005Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2005, 5:00 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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: Jun 15, 2005, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2005, 5:23 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 15, 5:15 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Sheridan Lake, CO

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 15, 2:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -473 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 152300
SVRPUB
COC061-160000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0073.050615T2300Z-050616T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
500 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT.

* AT 458 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 8
  MILES NORTHEAST OF CHIVINGTON...OR 33 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...AND
  WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES NORTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE BY 515 PM MDT
  6 MILES NORTH OF TOWNER BY 535 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 3861 10258 3827 10257 3826 10205 3861 10205

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 152319
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
518 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

COC061-160000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-050616T0000Z/
KIOWA CO-
518 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM MDT...

AT 513 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
CENTERED 9 MILES NORTH OF BRANDON...OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF
TRIBUNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
KIOWA COUNTY.

HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES WAS REPORTED NORTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE AT 515 
PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3861 10258 3827 10257 3826 10205 3861 10205

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 152323
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
522 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

COC061-152332-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-050616T0000Z/
KIOWA CO-
522 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

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

AT 519 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS 
MOVED OUT OF KIOWA COUNTY AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO 
PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3861 10258 3827 10257 3826 10205 3861 10205

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 2:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
252 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

.SHORT TERM...
SHORT TERM CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE POPS AND SEVERE WX POTENTIAL
ACROSS THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATING EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE IN
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT MOVING ACROSS THE STATE ATTM...PROVIDING ADDED
LIFT FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION ATTM.
AMPLE MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE WAVE HAS VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IN
PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS...WITH LAPS DATA INDICATING CAPES
BETWEEN 1000-3000 J/KG AND LITTLE CIN.

TONIGHT...WAVE CONTINUES EAST ACROSS THE REGION...WITH SCATTERED
CONVECTION SPREADING ACROSS THE PLAINS...AND SPC HAS ISSUED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 04Z FOR THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. CONVECTION
ACROSS TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING WITH WAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE
INTO KANSAS...AND HAVE ENDED ALL POPS AFTER 06Z WITH CLEARING
SKIES OVERNIGHT.

THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES ALOFT...WITH WESTERN KANSAS WAVE
CONTINUING ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...ALLOWING FOR BACKDOOR
FRONT TO SLIDE INTO EASTERN COLORADO IN THE AFTERNOON. FRONT LOOKS
TO STALL NEAR THE PALMER DVD BY 21Z...WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOLING
ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO CHANCES FOR
THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND AREAS ALONG THE DVD WITH...AS UPSLOPE FLOW
DEVELOPS IN THE AFTERNOON. BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND CAPE
LOOKS TO REMAIN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO ATTM...HOWEVER WITH
BULK SHEARS AROUND 40 KTS...COULD SEE A FEW SEVERE STORMS POP
ALONG THE PALMER DVD IN THE AFTERNOON.

DRIER AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE REGION...
WITH GUSTY SW WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH MIXING DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
MTS AND SAN LUIS VALLEY IN THE AFTERNOON. FUELS ACROSS THIS REGION
ARE BEGINNING TO DRY OUT AND WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL
FIRE WX PROBLEMS.  -MW

.LONG TERM...
MODELS CONTINUE TO SLIDE THE RIDGE ACROSS COLORADO AS DEEP LOW
DROPS INTO GREAT LAKES REGION AND ANOTHER LOW APPROACHES THE
NORTHWEST COAST. A WEAK SURGE WILL PUSH DOWN THE EASTERN PLAINS
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY BUT WILL BE PUSHED EAST AS THE THE
WESTERN LOWS MOVES CLOSER. RIDGE INTENSIFIES OVER THE PLAINS AS
THE LOW ELONGATES AND WARM AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION. THE RIDGE
REMAINS DOMINANT WELL INTO MIDWEEK.

LOWERED TEMPERATURES OVER EASTERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY...ADDED CLOUDS
AND A MORE PREVALENT EASTERLY FLOW AS WELL. COOL AIR GETS MODIFIED
QUICKLY AND CURRENT GRIDS KEEP THE FORECAST WARM. SOME CONCERN AS
THE TEMPERATURES REMAIN WARM THAT FIRE WEATHER ISSUES WILL MOVE TO
THE FOREFRONT. FUELS APPEAR TO BE MODERATING TOWARD DRIER LEVELS
SO WINDS WILL LIKELY BECOME THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER.

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

23/21

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 11:33 AM MDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1133 AM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

COZ058>089-093>099-161300-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7500 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500
AND 11000 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
1133 AM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING ACROSS THE I-25
CORRIDOR AND ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.
A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE EASTERN
PLAINS...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT BEING IN CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN
LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES.

THE MAIN THREATS FROM ALL STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN
DIAMETER. LARGE HAIL TO AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

AFTERNOON AND EVENING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 45
MPH...AND HAIL UNDER 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. HOWEVER ON THURSDAY...
THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE OR TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS...INCLUDING KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA
COUNTIES...WHICH COULD PRODUCE HAIL AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND
WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM AROUND NOON
TO 6 PM TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 12:40 PM MDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1240 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1236 PM     HAIL             11 S TRINIDAD           37.01N 104.51W
06/15/2005  1.00 INCH        LAS ANIMAS         CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MN

Local storm report, Jun 15, 1:39 PM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
139 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0112 PM     HAIL             7 SE FORT GARLAND       37.36N 105.34W
06/15/2005  0.75 INCH        COSTILLA           CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0115 PM     HAIL             WOODLAND PARK           38.99N 105.05W
06/15/2005  1.00 INCH        TELLER             CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RSG

Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
307 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     HAIL             SWINK                   38.01N 103.63W
06/15/2005  1.00 INCH        OTERO              CO   POST OFFICE

0303 PM     HAIL             2 N SWINK               38.04N 103.63W
06/15/2005  0.88 INCH        OTERO              CO   PUBLIC

&&

WFORTUNE

Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
322 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     HAIL             11 S TRINIDAD           37.01N 104.51W
06/15/2005  0.88 INCH        LAS ANIMAS         CO   PUBLIC

&&

RSG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 12:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	58 min
Jun 15, 1:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Teller	28 min
Jun 15, 1:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Costilla	35 min
Jun 15, 1:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	58 min
Jun 15, 1:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	87 min
Jun 15, 2:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	53 min
Jun 15, 2:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	63 min
Jun 15, 2:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 15, 3:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	52 min
Jun 15, 3:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	63 min
Jun 15, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.