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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 509
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 29, 2014, 1:33 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado; 13 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2014, 1:33 PM MDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 26 counties
Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO, Chaves County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Sep 29, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 32 min |
| Sep 29, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 32 min |
| Sep 29, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 40 min |
| Sep 29, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora, San Miguel | 36 min |
| Sep 29, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 32 min |
| Sep 29, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union | 52 min |
| Sep 29, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 61 min |
| Sep 29, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 23 min |
| Sep 29, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 53 min |
| Sep 29, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 21 min |
| Sep 29, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt | 60 min |
| Sep 29, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union | 45 min |
| Sep 29, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 44 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 11:56 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Costilla, Crowley, Custer and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 29, 1:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Denver, Elbert, Kit Carson and 8 more | 56 min |
| Sep 29, 2:01 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Douglas, Elbert, Kit Carson and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 29, 2:54 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more | 96 min |
| Sep 29, 4:52 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 3 more | 83 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.