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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 15, 2017Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2017, 4:36 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2017, 4:36 PM MDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2017, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 15, 4:45 PM MDT	HAIL 1	6 Wsw Eads, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2418 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

134 
WUUS55 KPUB 152236
SVRPUB
COC061-152315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0049.170515T2236Z-170515T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
436 PM MDT MON MAY 15 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 515 PM MDT

* At 436 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
  Sweetwater Reservoir, or 24 miles northwest of Lamar, moving
  northeast at 35 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...
  Eads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Pueblo.

&&

LAT...LON 3844 10259 3828 10292 3835 10304 3861 10289
      3862 10285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 234DEG 31KT 3834 10293 

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

MOORE

4 follow-up statements

795 
WWUS55 KPUB 152241
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
441 PM MDT MON MAY 15 2017

COC061-152315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170515T2315Z/
Kiowa CO-
441 PM MDT MON MAY 15 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...

At 441 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
Sweetwater Reservoir, or 27 miles northwest of Lamar, moving
northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Eads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Pueblo.

&&

LAT...LON 3844 10259 3831 10292 3840 10300 3861 10289
      3862 10285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 207DEG 33KT 3840 10292 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MOORE

935 
WWUS55 KPUB 152250
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
450 PM MDT MON MAY 15 2017

COC061-152315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170515T2315Z/
Kiowa CO-
450 PM MDT MON MAY 15 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...

At 448 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Eads, or 27
miles northwest of Lamar, moving northeast at 35 mph.

At 445 PM MDT, the public reported one inch diameter hail 6 miles 
west southwest of Eads.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Public. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Eads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Pueblo.

&&

LAT...LON 3844 10259 3836 10287 3845 10297 3861 10289
      3862 10285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 234DEG 31KT 3844 10285 

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

MOORE

697 
WWUS55 KPUB 152257
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
457 PM MDT MON MAY 15 2017

COC061-152315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170515T2315Z/
Kiowa CO-
457 PM MDT MON MAY 15 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...

At 457 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Eads, or 29
miles north of Lamar, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Public. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Eads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Pueblo.

&&

LAT...LON 3844 10259 3840 10282 3847 10290 3860 10286
      3862 10285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 234DEG 31KT 3849 10277 

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

MOORE

884 
WWUS55 KPUB 152308
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
508 PM MDT MON MAY 15 2017

COC061-152317-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170515T2315Z/
Kiowa CO-
508 PM MDT MON MAY 15 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds are still possible with
this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Pueblo.

LAT...LON 3844 10259 3840 10282 3847 10290 3860 10286
      3862 10285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 234DEG 31KT 3854 10268 

$$

MOORE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 3:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	32 min
May 15, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	16 min
May 15, 3:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	11 min
May 15, 4:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.