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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 284, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 14, 2016Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2016, 1:19 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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
Sep 14, 2016, 1:19 PM MDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2016, 1:45 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 2016-09-14Temperature 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 2016-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

546 
WUUS55 KPUB 141919
SVRPUB
COC025-089-101-141945-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0284.160914T1919Z-160914T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
119 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 145 PM MDT

* AT 119 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF
  BLENDE...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN OTERO...EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3794 10458 3812 10462 3825 10407 3798 10401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 259DEG 33KT 3805 10450 

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

PGW
2 follow-up statements
460 
WWUS55 KPUB 141930
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
130 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2016

COC025-089-101-141945-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0284.000000T0000Z-160914T1945Z/
OTERO CO-PUEBLO CO-CROWLEY CO-
130 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO...EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY
COUNTIES...

AT 130 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF
AVONDALE...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST 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
NORTHWESTERN OTERO...EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY
COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3795 10450 3813 10456 3825 10407 3798 10401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 261DEG 25KT 3806 10442 

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

PGW
346 
WWUS55 KPUB 141935
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
135 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2016

COC025-089-101-141945-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0284.000000T0000Z-160914T1945Z/
OTERO CO-PUEBLO CO-CROWLEY CO-
135 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO...EAST
CENTRAL PUEBLO AND SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145
PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3795 10450 3813 10456 3825 10407 3798 10401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 259DEG 33KT 3806 10442 

$$

PGW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 10:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster29 min
Sep 14, 12:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla37 min
Sep 14, 12:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo41 min
Sep 14, 1:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo33 min
Sep 14, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo36 min
Sep 14, 2:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero36 min
Sep 14, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero23 min
Sep 14, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero17 min
Sep 14, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa39 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.