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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 10, 2017Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2017, 1:40 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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 10, 2017, 1:40 PM MDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2017, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
50 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), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 294 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

238 
WUUS55 KPUB 101940
SVRPUB
COC071-102030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0028.170510T1940Z-170510T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
140 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 230 PM MDT

* At 139 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Trinchera, or
  24 miles northwest of Des Moines, moving north northwest 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 3704 10390 3704 10405 3727 10417 3728 10388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 179DEG 13KT 3708 10401 

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

mw
2 follow-up statements
994 
WWUS55 KPUB 102000
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
200 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

COC071-102030-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170510T2030Z/
Las Animas CO-
200 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 200 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Trinchera, or 27 miles east of Trinidad, moving north 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. 

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of south
central Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3709 10391 3709 10408 3727 10417 3728 10388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 179DEG 13KT 3716 10401 

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

mw
340 
WWUS55 KPUB 102026
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
226 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

COC071-102036-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170510T2030Z/
Las Animas CO-
226 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230 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 and 
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3709 10391 3709 10408 3727 10417 3728 10388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 179DEG 13KT 3725 10401 

$$

mw

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa24 min
May 9, 6:38 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo3 hr
May 9, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa19 min
May 9, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa30 min
May 9, 9:29 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBLas Animas10 hr
May 10, 4:30 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUBAlamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more32 hr
May 10, 4:38 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBCostilla, Huerfano, Las Animas18 hr
May 10, 1:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas26 min
May 10, 1:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas46 min
May 10, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos41 min
May 10, 1:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande47 min
May 10, 2:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano37 min
May 10, 2:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo27 min
May 10, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas40 min
May 10, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero51 min
May 10, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas50 min
May 10, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster41 min
May 10, 3:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCuster, Fremont, Saguache3 hr
May 10, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCostilla, Huerfano31 min
May 10, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo60 min
May 10, 3:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo8 hr
May 10, 3:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero41 min
May 10, 3:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Saguache3 hr
May 10, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley45 min
May 10, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers24 min
May 10, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero34 min
May 10, 3:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo9 hr
May 10, 4:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent, Las Animas, Otero3 hr
May 10, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo48 min
May 10, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero31 min
May 10, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers29 min
May 10, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers50 min
May 10, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero48 min
May 10, 4:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero3 hr
May 10, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers31 min
May 10, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca32 min
May 10, 5:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo3 hr

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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.