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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 27, 2017Bent County, Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2017, 4:18 PM MDT for Bent County, Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 min. 4 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 27, 2017, 4:18 PM MDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2017, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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 27, 4:23 PM MDTHAIL 1.75Cheraw, COREPORTED AT 32261 HIGHWAY 109, CHERAW, CO.
May 27, 4:42 PM MDTHAIL 0.882 W Las Animas, CO
May 27, 4:55 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 601 W Las Animas, CO
May 27, 4:55 PM MDTHAIL 0.881 W Las Animas, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2017-05-27Temperature 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 2017-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

888 
WUUS55 KPUB 272218
SVRPUB
COC011-025-089-272245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0069.170527T2218Z-170527T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
418 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northwestern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 445 PM MDT

* At 418 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cheraw, or 8
  miles north of La Junta, moving east 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...
  Las Animas, Cheraw, Blue Lake and John Martin Reservoir. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3805 10367 3820 10366 3824 10340 3826 10317
      3794 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 267DEG 31KT 3810 10357 

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

mw
1 follow-up statement
096 
WWUS55 KPUB 272234
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
434 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2017

COC025-272242-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-170527T2245Z/
Crowley CO-
434 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved into 
Crowley and Bent Counties. 

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until midnight MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3802 10352 3821 10350 3824 10340 3826 10317
      3794 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 267DEG 31KT 3811 10341 

$$

COC011-089-272245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-170527T2245Z/
Otero CO-Bent CO-
434 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO AND NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES...

At 432 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cheraw, or 10
miles northeast of North La Junta, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Ping pong ball sized was reported in Cheraw.  

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...
Las Animas, Cheraw, Blue Lake and John Martin Reservoir. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3802 10352 3821 10350 3824 10340 3826 10317
      3794 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 267DEG 31KT 3811 10341 

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

mw

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso50 min
May 26, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso45 min
May 26, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 min
May 26, 7:52 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso23 min
May 26, 8:14 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso21 min
May 27, 12:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller33 min
May 27, 1:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller35 min
May 27, 1:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo39 min
May 27, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo49 min
May 27, 2:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano33 min
May 27, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas44 min
May 27, 3:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero51 min
May 27, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas42 min
May 27, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas24 min
May 27, 3:53 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas37 min
May 27, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo43 min
May 27, 4:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent39 min
May 27, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas38 min
May 27, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas48 min
May 27, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent32 min
May 27, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas39 min
May 27, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas52 min
May 27, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas39 min
May 27, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca50 min
May 27, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers46 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.