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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 24, 2007Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2007, 9:12 AM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 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 24, 2007, 9:12 AM MDT (15:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2007, 10:01 AM MDT
In force
49 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), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2007-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 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 241513
SVRPUB
COC061-241615-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0009.070424T1512Z-070424T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
912 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 AM MDT...

* AT 908 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS
  CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASWELL...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA
  JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST
  CENTRAL KIOWA 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 3826 10334 3826 10292 3851 10301 3850 10349

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 241532
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
929 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007

COC061-241615-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070424T1615Z/
KIOWA CO-
929 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 925 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR HASWELL...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARLINGTON.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
HASWELL AND IT IS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH...AND THIS STORM 
WILL MAINLY AFFECT OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHWEST KIOWA 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 3826 10334 3826 10292 3851 10301 3850 10349

$$
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 241601
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1002 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007

COC061-241612-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070424T1615Z/
KIOWA CO-
1002 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3826 10334 3826 10292 3851 10301 3850 10349

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 9:12 PM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 8 more31 hr
Apr 24, 8:52 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent41 min
Apr 24, 2:54 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more13 hr

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.