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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 18, 2017Bent County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2017, 3:45 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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 18, 2017, 3:45 PM MDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2017, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 313 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: 2030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

123 
WUUS55 KPUB 182145
SVRPUB
COC011-089-182230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0053.170518T2145Z-170518T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
345 PM MDT THU MAY 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  West central Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 430 PM MDT

* At 344 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near La Junta,
  moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations impacted include...
  La Junta, North La Junta and Las Animas. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3778 10357 3792 10371 3821 10333 3800 10312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 231DEG 20KT 3790 10357 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

PGW

2 follow-up statements

944 
WWUS55 KPUB 182153
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
353 PM MDT THU MAY 18 2017

COC011-089-182230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-170518T2230Z/
Otero CO-Bent CO-
353 PM MDT THU MAY 18 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL OTERO AND WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...

At 353 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near North La Junta,
moving northeast at 25 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...
La Junta, North La Junta and Las Animas. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 10353 3794 10368 3821 10333 3800 10312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 231DEG 20KT 3793 10352 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PGW

348 
WWUS55 KPUB 182207
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
407 PM MDT THU MAY 18 2017

COC011-089-182230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-170518T2230Z/
Otero CO-Bent CO-
407 PM MDT THU MAY 18 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL OTERO AND WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...

At 406 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near North La Junta,
moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
La Junta, North La Junta and Las Animas. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3783 10347 3798 10363 3821 10333 3800 10312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 231DEG 20KT 3798 10345 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PGW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 5:23 AM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 4 more	10 hr
May 18, 11:55 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	48 hr
May 18, 1:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	47 min
May 18, 1:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
May 18, 1:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	21 min
May 18, 2:54 PM MDT	Frost Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas	18 hr
May 18, 2:54 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	El Paso	18 hr
May 18, 3:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	25 min
May 18, 3:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
May 18, 4:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero	17 min
May 18, 4:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	23 min
May 18, 4:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	50 min
May 18, 4:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	31 min
May 18, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	25 min
May 18, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	31 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.