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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 8, 2017Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2017, 4:24 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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 8, 2017, 4:24 PM MDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2017, 4:47 PM MDT
In force: 23 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

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 12:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 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: 2189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

953 
WUUS55 KPUB 082224
SVRPUB
COC025-089-082315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0013.170508T2224Z-170508T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
424 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southwestern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 515 PM MDT

* At 423 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Manzanola, or
  20 miles west of La Junta, moving north at 20 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...
  Fowler, Ordway, Manzanola, Olney Springs and Crowley. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3794 10382 3796 10399 3826 10405 3824 10373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 181DEG 17KT 3803 10392 

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

lw

2 follow-up statements

446 
WWUS55 KPUB 082236
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
436 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017

COC025-089-082315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170508T2315Z/
Otero CO-Crowley CO-
436 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO AND SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES...

At 436 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Manzanola, or
22 miles northwest of La Junta, moving north 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...
Fowler, Ordway, Manzanola, Olney Springs and Crowley. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3802 10383 3804 10401 3826 10405 3824 10373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 179DEG 26KT 3811 10393 

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

lw

290 
WWUS55 KPUB 082247
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
447 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017

COC025-089-082256-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170508T2315Z/
Otero CO-Crowley CO-
447 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO AND
SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has 
weakened. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3802 10383 3804 10401 3826 10405 3824 10373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 181DEG 17KT 3815 10393 

$$

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	Otero	41 min
May 7, 6:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	47 min
May 7, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	29 min
May 7, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	36 min
May 7, 7:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	31 min
May 8, 12:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	61 min
May 8, 1:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	58 min
May 8, 2:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	80 min
May 8, 2:20 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo	25 min
May 8, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	62 min
May 8, 2:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	43 min
May 8, 2:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Custer, Fremont, Pueblo	3 hr
May 8, 3:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo	38 min
May 8, 3:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero, Pueblo	59 min
May 8, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	38 min
May 8, 3:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo	66 min
May 8, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	15 min
May 8, 4:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	51 min
May 8, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	52 min
May 8, 5:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Gunnison	40 min
May 8, 5:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	36 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.