Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 16, 2017Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2017, 6:11 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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: Apr 16, 2017, 6:11 PM MDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2017, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 298 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: 908 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

315 
WUUS55 KPUB 170011
SVRPUB
COC071-170045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0001.170417T0011Z-170417T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
611 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 645 PM MDT

* At 610 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was centered 7 miles west of 
  Trinchera, or 17 miles northeast of Raton, moving east at 15 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...
  Branson and Trinchera. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3708 10427 3718 10391 3700 10386 3699 10425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 262DEG 13KT 3701 10417 

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

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2 follow-up statements

627 
WWUS55 KPUB 170017
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
617 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017

COC071-170045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170417T0045Z/
Las Animas CO-
617 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 617 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was centered 8 miles west of 
Trinchera, or 17 miles northeast of Raton, moving northeast at 10 
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...
Branson and Trinchera. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3708 10427 3718 10391 3700 10386 3699 10425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 243DEG 7KT 3702 10417 

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

28

109 
WWUS55 KPUB 170028
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
628 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017

COC071-170045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170417T0045Z/
Las Animas CO-
628 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 627 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was centered 8 miles west of 
Trinchera, or 17 miles northeast of Raton, moving northeast at 10 
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...
Trinchera.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3718 10391 3700 10389 3699 10422 3709 10425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 232DEG 8KT 3703 10418 

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 6:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	25 min
Apr 16, 6:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Apr 16, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	15 min
Apr 16, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	30 min
Apr 16, 7:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	35 min
Apr 16, 7:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	26 min
Apr 16, 8:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.