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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 13, 2017Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2017, 7:14 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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
Aug 13, 2017, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2017, 7:49 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 13, 2:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2017-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2017-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

082 
WUUS55 KPUB 140114
SVRPUB
COC089-140200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0233.170814T0114Z-170814T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
714 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Otero County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 800 PM MDT

* At 714 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Manzanola, or
  16 miles northwest of La Junta, moving southeast 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...
  La Junta, North La Junta, Rocky Ford and Swink. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3807 10397 3811 10383 3811 10369 3795 10341
      3777 10367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 316DEG 15KT 3808 10383 

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

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3 follow-up statements
839 
WWUS55 KPUB 140124
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
724 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2017

COC089-140200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-170814T0200Z/
Otero CO-
724 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...

At 724 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rocky Ford, or
14 miles west of La Junta, moving southeast 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...
Rocky Ford and Swink. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3808 10393 3811 10383 3811 10369 3795 10341
      3777 10367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 316DEG 15KT 3805 10379 

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

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394 
WWUS55 KPUB 140144
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
744 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2017

COC089-140200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-170814T0200Z/
Otero CO-
744 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...

At 744 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rocky Ford, or
11 miles west of La Junta, moving southeast 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...
Open country south of Rocky Ford.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3799 10382 3804 10374 3791 10346 3777 10367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 321DEG 14KT 3799 10375 

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

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975 
WWUS55 KPUB 140149
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
749 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2017

COC089-140159-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-170814T0200Z/
Otero CO-
749 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3799 10382 3804 10374 3791 10346 3777 10367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 316DEG 15KT 3797 10373 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 6:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley30 min
Aug 13, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas24 min
Aug 13, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero52 min
Aug 13, 9:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa32 min
Aug 13, 9:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa26 min
Aug 13, 10:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa37 min
Aug 14, 1:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB34 min
Aug 14, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
Aug 14, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
Aug 14, 2:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano22 min
Aug 14, 2:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB34 min
Aug 14, 3:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 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.