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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 7, 2015Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2015, 7:10 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 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: May 7, 2015, 7:10 PM MDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2015, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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 (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

219 
WUUS55 KPUB 080112
SVRPUB
COC061-080215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.150508T0110Z-150508T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
711 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 711 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF
  SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3859 10249 3861 10249 3862 10246 3862 10205
      3828 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 305DEG 28KT 3863 10235 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LW

5 follow-up statements

882 
WWUS55 KPUB 080122
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
721 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

COC061-080215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150508T0215Z/
KIOWA CO-
721 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 721 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3862 10246 3862 10205 3828 10205 3857 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 318DEG 25KT 3857 10229 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LW

899 
WWUS55 KPUB 080129
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
728 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

COC061-080215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150508T0215Z/
KIOWA CO-
728 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 728 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHERIDAN
LAKE...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3861 10240 3862 10205 3828 10205 3854 10240
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 305DEG 28KT 3854 10223 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LW

389 
WWUS55 KPUB 080145
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
744 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

COC061-080215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150508T0215Z/
KIOWA CO-
744 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 744 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWNER...OR 20
MILES WEST OF HORACE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOWNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3861 10233 3862 10205 3828 10205 3853 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 305DEG 19KT 3852 10216 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LW

350 
WWUS55 KPUB 080200
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
800 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

COC061-080215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150508T0215Z/
KIOWA CO-
800 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 800 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWNER...OR 15
MILES WEST OF HORACE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOWNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3861 10220 3862 10205 3841 10205 3855 10220
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 296DEG 18KT 3853 10207 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LW

714 
WWUS55 KPUB 080219
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
818 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

COC061-080228-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150508T0215Z/
KIOWA CO-
818 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA.  THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3861 10220 3862 10205 3841 10205 3855 10220
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 305DEG 28KT 3853 10207 

$$

LW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	56 min
May 7, 6:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	62 min
May 7, 6:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	62 min
May 7, 7:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	24 min
May 7, 7:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	44 min
May 7, 8:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	18 min
May 7, 9:08 PM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	PUB	Chaffee, El Paso, Lake, Saguache, Teller	32 hr
May 7, 9:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	65 min
May 7, 9:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero	29 min
May 7, 10:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	66 min
May 8, 12:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	33 min
May 8, 12:32 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	28 min
May 8, 12:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	35 min
May 8, 1:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	25 min
May 8, 6:16 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	29 min
May 8, 6:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	26 min
May 8, 7:37 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
May 8, 8:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
May 8, 9:29 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
May 8, 10:12 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	33 min
May 8, 12:50 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	18 hr
May 8, 12:50 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso, Otero	6 days
May 8, 1:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	35 min
May 8, 1:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
May 8, 1:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	32 min
May 8, 2:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	23 min
May 8, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	27 min
May 8, 2:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
May 8, 2:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	28 min
May 8, 2:43 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Pueblo	32 min
May 8, 2:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	24 min
May 8, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	31 min
May 8, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	26 min
May 8, 3:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	33 min
May 8, 3:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	32 min
May 8, 3:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	35 min
May 8, 3:42 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	33 min
May 8, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	32 min
May 8, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	49 min
May 8, 4:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
May 8, 4:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	33 min
May 8, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	61 min
May 8, 4:39 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Otero, Pueblo	36 min
May 8, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	25 min
May 8, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	46 min
May 8, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	47 min
May 8, 5:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	27 min
May 8, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.