Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2017, 7:34 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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, 7:34 PM MDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2017, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 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), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 299 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.
915
WUUS55 KPUB 170134
SVRPUB
COC071-170200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0003.170417T0134Z-170417T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
734 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 800 PM MDT
* At 733 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Trinchera, or 18 miles northeast of Raton, moving southeast at 10
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...
Areas southwest of Trinchera.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3702 10429 3713 10406 3700 10393 3699 10427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 306DEG 8KT 3701 10415
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
283 follow-up statements
812
WWUS55 KPUB 170138
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
738 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
COC071-170200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170417T0200Z/
Las Animas CO-
738 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
At 737 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Trinchera, or
20 miles northeast of Raton, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Areas near Trinchera.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3702 10429 3713 10406 3700 10393 3699 10427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 264DEG 18KT 3702 10410
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28561
WWUS55 KPUB 170147
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
747 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
COC071-170200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170417T0200Z/
Las Animas CO-
747 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...
At 746 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Trinchera, or
21 miles northeast of Raton, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Trinchera area, especially locations southwest of Trinchera.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3713 10406 3700 10393 3699 10425 3703 10426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 306DEG 8KT 3701 10408
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28145
WWUS55 KPUB 170201
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
801 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
COC071-170210-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170417T0200Z/
Las Animas CO-
801 PM MDT SUN APR 16 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire. However
hail up to the size of nickel, and heavy rain are still possible
with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3713 10406 3700 10393 3699 10425 3703 10426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 306DEG 8KT 3699 10405
$$
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, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 7:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 35 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.