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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 31, 20165 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2016, 10:43 PM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 62 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: May 31, 2016, 10:43 PM MDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2016, 11:45 PM MDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 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
May 31, 11:06 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 W Las Animas, 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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: 143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

822 
WUUS55 KPUB 010443
SVRPUB
COC011-025-061-089-099-010545-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0037.160601T0443Z-160601T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1043 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  NORTHERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT

* AT 1043 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAS
  ANIMAS... OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT
  35 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...
  LAMAR...LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...LAS ANIMAS...SWINK...EADS...
  GRANADA...WILEY...CHERAW...SHERIDAN LAKE...HARTMAN...
  JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...
  NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...TOWNER...QUEENS RESERVOIR...BRANDON...
  MCCLAVE...CHIVINGTON AND HASTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3790 10365 3836 10361 3860 10205 3808 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 250DEG 66KT 3809 10329 

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

5 follow-up statements

104 
WWUS55 KPUB 010459
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1059 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COC025-010508-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160601T0545Z/
CROWLEY CO-
1059 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3793 10340 3838 10347 3860 10205 3809 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 245DEG 48KT 3811 10318 

$$

COC011-061-089-099-010545-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160601T0545Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-OTERO CO-BENT CO-
1059 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN PROWERS...KIOWA...NORTHEASTERN OTERO AND NORTHERN BENT
COUNTIES...

AT 1058 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAS
ANIMAS...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...65 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...
LAMAR...LAS ANIMAS...EADS...GRANADA...WILEY...SHERIDAN LAKE...
HARTMAN...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...BRISTOL...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...
NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...TOWNER...BLUE LAKE...QUEENS RESERVOIR...
NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...BRANDON...MCCLAVE...CHIVINGTON...
HASTY AND ARLINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3793 10340 3838 10347 3860 10205 3809 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 245DEG 48KT 3811 10318 

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

112 
WWUS55 KPUB 010507
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1107 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COC011-061-089-099-010545-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160601T0545Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-OTERO CO-BENT CO-
1107 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN PROWERS...KIOWA...NORTHEASTERN OTERO AND NORTHERN BENT
COUNTIES...

AT 1107 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAS
ANIMAS...OR 22 MILES EAST OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMAR...LAS ANIMAS...EADS...GRANADA...WILEY...SHERIDAN LAKE...
HARTMAN...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...BRISTOL...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...
NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...TOWNER...BLUE LAKE...QUEENS RESERVOIR...
NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...BRANDON...MCCLAVE...CHIVINGTON...
HASTY AND ARLINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3793 10340 3838 10347 3860 10205 3809 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 259DEG 30KT 3808 10315 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

048 
WWUS55 KPUB 010518
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1118 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COC089-010527-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160601T0545Z/
OTERO CO-
1118 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3795 10326 3840 10337 3860 10205 3809 10205
      3805 10235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 241DEG 37KT 3813 10302 

$$

COC011-061-099-010545-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160601T0545Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
1118 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN PROWERS...KIOWA AND NORTHERN BENT COUNTIES...

AT 1117 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HASTY...OR 21
MILES WEST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMAR...LAS ANIMAS...EADS...GRANADA...WILEY...SHERIDAN LAKE...
HARTMAN...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...BRISTOL...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...
NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...TOWNER...BLUE LAKE...QUEENS RESERVOIR...
NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...BRANDON...MCCLAVE...CHIVINGTON...
HASTY AND ARLINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3795 10326 3840 10337 3860 10205 3809 10205
      3805 10235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 241DEG 37KT 3813 10302 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

171 
WWUS55 KPUB 010530
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1130 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COC011-061-099-010545-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160601T0545Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
1130 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN PROWERS...KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...

AT 1130 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HASTY...OR 20
MILES WEST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMAR...EADS...GRANADA...WILEY...SHERIDAN LAKE...HARTMAN...
JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...BRISTOL...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...
NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...TOWNER...QUEENS RESERVOIR...
NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...BRANDON...MCCLAVE...CHIVINGTON...HASTY...
BLUE LAKE...CADDOA AND FORT LYON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3797 10312 3841 10330 3860 10205 3809 10205
      3807 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 248DEG 38KT 3815 10298 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

862 
WWUS55 KPUB 010545
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1145 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COC011-061-099-010555-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160601T0545Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
1145 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PROWERS...KIOWA AND
NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3797 10312 3841 10330 3860 10205 3809 10205
      3807 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 250DEG 66KT 3815 10298 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	95 min
May 31, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	69 min
May 31, 6:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer, Fremont	85 min
May 31, 7:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	90 min
May 31, 7:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Teller	3 hr
May 31, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	91 min
May 31, 7:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	93 min
May 31, 7:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	50 min
May 31, 7:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	88 min
May 31, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	79 min
May 31, 8:30 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	3 hr
May 31, 8:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	84 min
May 31, 9:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero, Pueblo	91 min
May 31, 9:50 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Crowley, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	3 hr
May 31, 10:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	90 min
May 31, 10:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers	3 hr
May 31, 11:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	46 min
Jun 1, 1:53 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 1, 5:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	20 min
Jun 1, 5:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.