Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2017, 7:13 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 8, 2017, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2017, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 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), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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 8, 7:14 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 13 W Kim, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 285 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 777 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
031
WUUS55 KPUB 090113
SVRPUB
COC071-090145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0016.170509T0113Z-170509T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
713 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 745 PM MDT
* At 713 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles west of
Kim, or 35 miles north of Des Moines, moving north at 25 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
southeastern Las Animas County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3717 10346 3715 10369 3752 10376 3751 10344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 175DEG 21KT 3724 10359
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
283 follow-up statements
710
WWUS55 KPUB 090120
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
720 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017
COC071-090145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170509T0145Z/
Las Animas CO-
720 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
At 720 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles west of
Kim, or 38 miles north of Des Moines, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Las Animas County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3719 10346 3720 10370 3752 10376 3751 10344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 180DEG 21KT 3728 10359
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28472
WWUS55 KPUB 090128
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
728 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017
COC071-090145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170509T0145Z/
Las Animas CO-
728 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
At 727 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of
Kim, or 40 miles northeast of Des Moines, moving north 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.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Las Animas County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 10346 3722 10367 3752 10376 3751 10344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 191DEG 30KT 3730 10353
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28861
WWUS55 KPUB 090144
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
744 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017
COC071-090154-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170509T0145Z/
Las Animas CO-
744 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.
LAT...LON 3722 10346 3722 10367 3752 10376 3751 10344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 175DEG 21KT 3739 10354
$$
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 26 min |
| May 8, 6:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| May 8, 6:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Crowley, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Pueblo | 24 min |
| May 8, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 77 min |
| May 8, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 26 min |
| May 8, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| May 8, 7:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| May 8, 7:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 29 min |
| May 8, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 33 min |
| May 8, 8:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 24 min |
| May 8, 8:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 23 min |
| May 8, 8:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 34 min |
| May 9, 5:08 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 17 hr |
| May 9, 12:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 46 hr |
| May 9, 12:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Rio Grande | 43 min |
| May 9, 12:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 54 min |
| May 9, 12:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 9, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 60 min |
| May 9, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 43 min | |
| May 9, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 35 min |
| May 9, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 85 min |
| May 9, 3:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 9, 3:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 54 min |
| May 9, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 47 min |
| May 9, 3:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Conejos | 24 hr |
| May 9, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 72 min |
| May 9, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero | 48 min |
| May 9, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 23 min |
| May 9, 4:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Conejos | 27 hr |
| May 9, 4:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
| May 9, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 27 min |
| May 9, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 9, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 35 min |
| May 9, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 9, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 28 min |
| May 9, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 35 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.