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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 221

May 6, 20058 counties in Colorado; 4 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 6, 2005, 1:30 PM MDT for 8 counties in Colorado; 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2005, 1:30 PM MDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2005, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 3:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa32 min
May 6, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero88 min
May 6, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley46 min
May 6, 8:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas37 min
May 6, 8:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo36 min
May 6, 8:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion35 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 336 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 2005-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
2280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 12:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers2 hr
May 6, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more6 hr
May 6, 4:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Phillips, Prowers and 2 more2 hr
May 6, 2:14 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Quay and 1 more2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Mexico, 2005Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.