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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 8, 2013Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2013, 2:05 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 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 8, 2013, 2:05 PM MDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2013, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 2:06 PM MDTHAIL 13 Se Chivington, 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 8, 1:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2013-05-08Temperature 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 2013-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
1624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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.

903 
WUUS55 KPUB 082005
SVRPUB
COC061-082045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0002.130508T2005Z-130508T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
205 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 200 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CHIVINGTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHIVINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3860 10269 3860 10251 3837 10244 3836 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 171DEG 11KT 3841 10255

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PJC
3 follow-up statements
306 
WWUS55 KPUB 082011
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
211 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

COC061-082045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130508T2045Z/
KIOWA CO-
211 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA
COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

AT 209 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHIVINGTON...
AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHIVINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3841 10261 3860 10269 3860 10251 3840 10245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 171DEG 11KT 3843 10255

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PJC
698 
WWUS55 KPUB 082018
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
218 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

COC061-082045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130508T2045Z/
KIOWA CO-
218 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA
COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

AT 214 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHIVINGTON...
AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED
         3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHIVINGTON AT 215 PM.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3843 10262 3860 10269 3860 10251 3843 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 172DEG 15KT 3846 10255

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PJC
132 
WWUS55 KPUB 082024
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
224 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

COC061-082033-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130508T2045Z/
KIOWA CO-
224 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3843 10262 3860 10269 3860 10251 3843 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 172DEG 15KT 3849 10255

$$

PJC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 4:47 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller37 hr
May 8, 4:47 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more37 hr
May 8, 12:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa51 min
May 8, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers44 min

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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.