Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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
$$
283 follow-up statements
839
WWUS55 KPUB 140124
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
724 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2017
COC089-140200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-170814T0200Z/
Otero CO-
724 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...
At 724 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rocky Ford, or
14 miles west of La Junta, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Rocky Ford and Swink.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3808 10393 3811 10383 3811 10369 3795 10341
3777 10367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 316DEG 15KT 3805 10379
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28394
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
$$
28975
WWUS55 KPUB 140149
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
749 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2017
COC089-140159-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-170814T0200Z/
Otero CO-
749 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However small hail and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.
LAT...LON 3799 10382 3804 10374 3791 10346 3777 10367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 316DEG 15KT 3797 10373
$$
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 6:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 9:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 9:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 10:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 1:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 34 min | |
| Aug 14, 2:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 2:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 22 min |
| Aug 14, 2:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 34 min | |
| Aug 14, 3:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 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.