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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 27, 2017Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2017, 4:42 PM MDT for Las Animas 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 27, 2017, 4:42 PM MDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 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

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 277 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°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.

447 
WUUS55 KPUB 272242
SVRPUB
COC071-272330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0071.170527T2242Z-170527T2330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 530 PM MDT

* At 442 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles west of
  Kim, or 39 miles north of Des Moines, moving north at 20 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. 

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3722 10345 3725 10368 3764 10368 3760 10326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 190DEG 18KT 3731 10359 

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

KT
2 follow-up statements
125 
WWUS55 KPUB 272300
SVSPUB

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

COC071-272330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-170527T2330Z/
Las Animas CO-
500 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 500 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northwest
of Kim, or 40 miles south of North La Junta, moving north at 25 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. 

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Las Animas County north of Kim.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3728 10342 3731 10364 3764 10363 3760 10326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 197DEG 23KT 3739 10348 

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

KT
918 
WWUS55 KPUB 272316
SVSPUB

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

COC071-272330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-170527T2330Z/
Las Animas CO-
516 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 516 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles north of
Kim, or 35 miles south of North La Junta, moving north 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. 

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Las Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3734 10339 3737 10364 3764 10363 3760 10326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 189DEG 13KT 3747 10341 

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

KT

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, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Otero27 min
May 27, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.