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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 18, 2017El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2017, 4:40 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min. 8 reports 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 18, 2017, 4:40 PM MDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2017, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 4:48 PM MDTHAIL 1.751 Ene Pueblo West, CO
May 18, 4:49 PM MDTHAIL 1.51 Ne Pueblo West, CO
May 18, 4:50 PM MDTHAIL 1.751 Ese Pueblo West, CO
May 18, 4:52 PM MDTHAIL 11 E Pueblo West, CO
May 18, 4:52 PM MDTHAIL 1Pueblo West, CO
May 18, 4:54 PM MDTHAIL 1.75Pueblo West, CO
May 18, 4:58 PM MDTHAIL 11 Ese Pueblo West, CO
May 18, 5:00 PM MDTHAIL 12 W Pueblo West, CO

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

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 344 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-05-18Temperature 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

558 
WUUS55 KPUB 182240
SVRPUB
COC041-101-182330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0055.170518T2240Z-170518T2330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central El Paso County in east central Colorado...
  Northwestern Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 530 PM MDT

* At 440 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pueblo
  Reservoir, or 8 miles west of Pueblo, moving northeast at 30 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Pueblo, Pueblo West, Pueblo Reservoir, Pinon and Pueblo Depot. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3817 10478 3833 10491 3856 10455 3834 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 236DEG 25KT 3829 10477 

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

PGW
2 follow-up statements
612 
WWUS55 KPUB 182250
SVSPUB

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

COC041-101-182330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-170518T2330Z/
El Paso CO-Pueblo CO-
450 PM MDT THU MAY 18 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO AND NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES...

At 450 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pueblo West, or
near Pueblo, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. 

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...
Pueblo, Pueblo West, Pueblo Reservoir, Pinon and Pueblo Depot. 

NWS employee reported golf ball size hail.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3817 10478 3833 10491 3856 10455 3834 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 236DEG 25KT 3833 10470 

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

PGW
143 
WWUS55 KPUB 182311
SVSPUB

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

COC041-101-182330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-170518T2330Z/
El Paso CO-Pueblo CO-
511 PM MDT THU MAY 18 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO AND NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...

At 510 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pinon, or 10
miles north of Pueblo, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. 

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...
Pueblo, Pueblo West, Pinon and Pueblo Depot. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3822 10466 3840 10480 3856 10455 3834 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 236DEG 25KT 3841 10455 

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

PGW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 5:23 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 4 more10 hr
May 18, 11:55 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBEl Paso48 hr
May 18, 1:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo47 min
May 18, 1:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo36 min
May 18, 1:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero21 min
May 18, 2:54 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryPUBEl Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas18 hr
May 18, 2:54 PM MDTFreeze WarningPUBEl Paso18 hr
May 18, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Las Animas, Otero25 min
May 18, 3:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso35 min
May 18, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero45 min
May 18, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Otero17 min
May 18, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso23 min
May 18, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso31 min
May 18, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers25 min
May 18, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo31 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.