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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 29, 2008Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2008, 2:41 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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, 2008, 2:41 PM MDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2008, 3:10 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 2:52 PM MDTHAIL 0.88Towner, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 1:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2008-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 2008-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-328 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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 292041
SVRPUB
COC061-292145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.080529T2041Z-080529T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
241 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT...

* AT 240 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  TOWNER...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD
  THE NORTHEAST AT 47 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOWNER.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3842 10235 3863 10209 3863 10206 3861 10204
      3855 10204 3854 10203 3830 10204 3827 10206
      3826 10215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 236DEG 41KT 3838 10211

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 292055
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
255 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

COC061-292145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080529T2145Z/
KIOWA CO-
255 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 253 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR
TOWNER...OR 17 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 43 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3842 10235 3863 10209 3863 10206 3861 10204
      3855 10204 3854 10203 3830 10204 3827 10206
      3826 10215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 217DEG 38KT 3850 10205

$$
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 292110
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
310 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

COC061-292120-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080529T2145Z/
KIOWA CO-
310 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

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

HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3842 10235 3863 10209 3863 10206 3861 10204
      3855 10204 3854 10203 3830 10204 3827 10206
      3826 10215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 217DEG 38KT 3863 10193

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBConejos, Rio Grande30 min
May 28, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBAlamosa23 min
May 28, 11:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCostilla65 min
May 29, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.