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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 5, 2014Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2014, 12:11 AM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 5, 2014, 12:11 AM MDT (06:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 12:30 AM MDTHAIL 0.889 N Brandon, 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
Jun 4, 11:06 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

127 
WUUS55 KPUB 050611
SVRPUB
COC061-050700-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.140605T0611Z-140605T0700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1211 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM MDT

* AT 1210 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST 
  OF EADS...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF KIT CARSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 
  MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EADS...HASWELL...BRANDON...NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...CHIVINGTON...
  SWEETWATER RESERVOIR AND ARLINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3831 10280 3831 10333 3844 10337 3853 10323
      3852 10317 3856 10317 3861 10309 3861 10231
      3844 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 323DEG 23KT 3855 10279 

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

$$

ETP
3 follow-up statements
445 
WWUS55 KPUB 050622
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1222 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

COC061-050700-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140605T0700Z/
KIOWA CO-
1222 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT
FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 1221 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF EADS...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIT CARSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EADS...HASWELL...BRANDON...NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...CHIVINGTON...
SWEETWATER RESERVOIR AND ARLINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3831 10280 3831 10333 3844 10337 3853 10323
      3852 10317 3856 10317 3861 10309 3861 10231
      3844 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 302DEG 26KT 3853 10265 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

ETP
124 
WWUS55 KPUB 050641
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1241 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

COC061-050700-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140605T0700Z/
KIOWA CO-
1241 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT
FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 1240 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BRANDON...OR
26 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EADS...BRANDON...CHIVINGTON...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR AND NEEOSHE
RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3831 10280 3832 10313 3842 10299 3845 10295
      3848 10290 3851 10279 3857 10272 3861 10231
      3844 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0640Z 302DEG 33KT 3844 10242 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

ETP
729 
WWUS55 KPUB 050700
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
100 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

COC061-050709-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140605T0700Z/
KIOWA CO-
100 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 100 AM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM MDT. 

LAT...LON 3831 10280 3832 10313 3842 10299 3845 10295
      3848 10290 3851 10279 3857 10272 3861 10231
      3844 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0658Z 323DEG 23KT 3844 10242 

$$

ETP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 10:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert35 min
Jun 4, 11:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso24 min
Jun 5, 12:00 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa30 min
Jun 5, 12:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa42 min
Jun 5, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
Jun 5, 3:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
Jun 5, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBDouglas33 min
Jun 5, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas42 min
Jun 5, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas35 min
Jun 5, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert30 min
Jun 5, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas46 min
Jun 5, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas48 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.