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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 3, 2016Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2016, 6:14 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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: Sep 3, 2016, 6:14 PM MDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 46 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), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 3, 6:15 PM MDT	HAIL 1.25	7 Sse Chivington, CO	.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

257 
WUUS55 KPUB 040014
SVRPUB
COC061-040100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0270.160904T0014Z-160904T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
614 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 613 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRANDON...OR
  22 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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...TOWNER AND BRANDON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3830 10243 3839 10254 3861 10232 3861 10206
      3842 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 233DEG 27KT 3837 10243 

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

MW

5 follow-up statements

584 
WWUS55 KPUB 040025
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
625 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

COC061-040100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-160904T0100Z/
KIOWA CO-
625 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 622 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRANDON...OR
27 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...A WEATHER SPOTTER INDICATED AT 615 PM MDT...HALF DOLLAR
         SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BRANDON. 

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3834 10235 3842 10245 3861 10232 3861 10206
      3842 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 233DEG 27KT 3841 10236 

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

MW

002 
WWUS55 KPUB 040033
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
633 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

COC061-040100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-160904T0100Z/
KIOWA CO-
633 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 633 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SHERIDAN
LAKE... OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3837 10227 3846 10237 3861 10232 3861 10206
      3842 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 232DEG 34KT 3847 10225 

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

MW

496 
WWUS55 KPUB 040039
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
639 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

COC061-040100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-160904T0100Z/
KIOWA CO-
639 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 639 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWNER...OR 22
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOWNER AND OPEN COUNTRY OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3844 10216 3848 10227 3861 10228 3861 10206
      3847 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 226DEG 36KT 3853 10218 

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

MW

737 
WWUS55 KPUB 040048
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
648 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

COC061-040100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-160904T0100Z/
KIOWA CO-
648 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 648 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
TOWNER...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3851 10211 3855 10219 3861 10221 3861 10206
      3852 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 225DEG 28KT 3858 10211 

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

MW

993 
WWUS55 KPUB 040056
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
656 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

COC061-040106-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-160904T0100Z/
KIOWA CO-
656 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 PM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3851 10211 3855 10219 3861 10221 3861 10206
      3852 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 233DEG 27KT 3858 10211 

$$

MW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	31 min
Sep 3, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	46 min
Sep 4, 1:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	30 min
Sep 4, 1:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	42 min
Sep 4, 1:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	39 min
Sep 4, 1:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	47 min
Sep 4, 2:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	39 min
Sep 4, 2:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	38 min
Sep 4, 5:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	27 min
Sep 4, 5:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	26 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.