Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2017, 6:45 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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, 6:45 PM MDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2017, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 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), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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, 0.8 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS55 KPUB 170045
SVRPUB
COC071-170115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0002.170417T0045Z-170417T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
645 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 715 PM MDT
* At 644 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was centered 7 miles west of
Trinchera, or 18 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...
Trinchera.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3710 10424 3720 10391 3700 10389 3700 10424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 253DEG 13KT 3703 10417
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
283 follow-up statements
077
WWUS55 KPUB 170052
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
652 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
COC071-170115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170417T0115Z/
Las Animas CO-
652 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
At 652 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
Trinchera, or 17 miles northeast of Raton, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Trinchera.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3710 10424 3720 10391 3700 10389 3700 10424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 207DEG 4KT 3704 10418
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28342
WWUS55 KPUB 170103
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
703 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
COC071-170115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170417T0115Z/
Las Animas CO-
703 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
At 702 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was centered near Trinchera, or
20 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...
Trinchera.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3710 10424 3720 10391 3700 10389 3700 10424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 253DEG 13KT 3705 10413
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28866
WWUS55 KPUB 170113
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
713 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
COC071-170122-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170417T0115Z/
Las Animas CO-
713 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However hail up to
the size of dimes, and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3710 10424 3720 10391 3700 10389 3700 10424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 253DEG 13KT 3706 10409
$$
28The 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, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 34 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, 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.