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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 29, 2007Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2007, 5:50 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 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: May 29, 2007, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2007, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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
May 29, 5:55 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	4 Nne Haswell, CO

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 29, 5:08 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 292350
SVRPUB
COC061-300045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0049.070529T2350Z-070530T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
550 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT...

* AT 548 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 3 MILES NORTH
  OF HASWELL...OR 41 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD
  THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HASWELL.
  EADS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. THIS
THUNDERSTORM COULD FURTHER INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH
LITTLE WARNING. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

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 3862 10319 3842 10341 3825 10295 3856 10267

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 300005
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
604 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2007

COC101-300030-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070530T0030Z/
PUEBLO CO-
604 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
PUEBLO COUNTY...

AT 600 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR BLENDE...OR
13 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 
MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR PUEBLO WITH THIS 
STORM.

THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY.

NO TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED YET...BUT THIS STORM IS STILL ROTATING
RAPIDLY AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A
NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR
OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3824 10461 3812 10464 3805 10444 3821 10439

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 300025
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
624 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2007

COC061-300045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070530T0045Z/
KIOWA CO-
624 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 617 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL WITH UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS 
STORM. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 7 MILES NORTH OF HASWELL...OR 44 
MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HASWELL.
  EADS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WHICH COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY AND PRODUCE A
TORNADO WITH LITTLE WARNING. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN
OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3862 10319 3842 10341 3825 10295 3856 10267

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 300045
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
644 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2007

COC061-300052-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070530T0045Z/
KIOWA CO-
644 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 645 PM MDT...

ALTHOUGH THIS STORM HAS FALLEN BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA...IT WILL 
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH 
PER HOUR...ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AS IT 
CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL 
KIOWA COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 3862 10319 3842 10341 3825 10295 3856 10267

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 3:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	46 min
May 29, 3:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	93 min
May 29, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	55 min
May 29, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	62 min
May 29, 5:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	66 min
May 29, 5:29 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Pueblo	48 min
May 29, 5:41 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	3 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.