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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 10, 2017Crowley County, Kiowa County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2017, 4:42 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 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, 4:42 PM MDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2017, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -94 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

682 
WUUS55 KPUB 102242
SVRPUB
COC025-061-089-102330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0039.170510T2242Z-170510T2330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  Western Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 530 PM MDT

* At 442 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest
  of Arlington, or 20 miles north of La Junta, moving west 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...
  Sugar City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3835 10346 3821 10342 3815 10367 3833 10368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 082DEG 11KT 3827 10348 

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

mw
1 follow-up statement
002 
WWUS55 KPUB 102327
SVSPUB

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

COC025-061-089-102336-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170510T2330Z/
Otero CO-Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-
527 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO...WESTERN
KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 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 severe thunderstorm warning will be allowed to expire. 
However small hail and heavy rain are still possible with this 
thunderstorm. 

LAT...LON 3835 10346 3821 10342 3815 10367 3833 10368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 082DEG 11KT 3825 10365 

$$

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, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas50 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, 4:48 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.