Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 16, 2007Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2007, 5:50 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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
May 16, 2007, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2007, 6:31 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Teller County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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 184 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 2007-05-16Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2007-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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 162350
SVRPUB
COC119-170045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.070516T2350Z-070517T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
550 PM MDT WED MAY 16 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT...

* AT 547 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 7 MILES NORTH OF
  WOODLAND PARK...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS
  MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.

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.

HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODS. IF WATER IS ACROSS YOUR PATH...DO NOT CROSS IT. THE
PATH OR ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT...AND THEREFORE THE WATER WILL BE MUCH
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

LAT...LON 3912 10502 3912 10514 3892 10518 3891 10502

$$

METZE
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 170002
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
602 PM MDT WED MAY 16 2007

COC119-170045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070517T0045Z/
TELLER CO-
602 PM MDT WED MAY 16 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY...

AT 559 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
CENTERED NEAR WOODLAND PARK...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.
  DIVIDE.

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.

HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODS. IF WATER IS ACROSS YOUR PATH...DO NOT CROSS IT. THE
PATH OR ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT...AND THEREFORE THE WATER WILL BE MUCH
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

LAT...LON 3912 10502 3912 10514 3892 10518 3891 10502

$$

METZE
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 170025
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
625 PM MDT WED MAY 16 2007

COC119-170045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070517T0045Z/
TELLER CO-
625 PM MDT WED MAY 16 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTY...

AT 620 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
CENTERED NEAR WOODLAND PARK...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.

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.

HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODS. IF WATER IS ACROSS YOUR PATH...DO NOT CROSS IT. THE
PATH OR ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT...AND THEREFORE THE WATER WILL BE MUCH
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

LAT...LON 3912 10502 3912 10508 3893 10512 3892 10502

$$

METZE
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 170031
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
631 PM MDT WED MAY 16 2007

COC119-170041-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070517T0045Z/
TELLER CO-
631 PM MDT WED MAY 16 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
NORTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTY...

THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING
MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3912 10502 3912 10508 3893 10512 3892 10502

$$

METZE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano58 min
May 16, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano27 min

Nearby

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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.