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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 27, 2017Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2017, 4:43 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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, 4:43 PM MDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2017, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 27, 4:55 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 W Las Animas, CO
May 27, 4:55 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	1 W Las Animas, CO

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 27, 4:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 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.

932 
WUUS55 KPUB 272243
SVRPUB
COC011-272315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0072.170527T2243Z-170527T2315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 515 PM MDT

* At 443 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Las Animas,
  or 14 miles east of North La Junta, moving east 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...
  Las Animas, Hasty, McClave, John Martin Reservoir, Fort Lyon and
  Caddoa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3796 10335 3814 10334 3823 10278 3787 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 272DEG 35KT 3805 10327 

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

mw

1 follow-up statement

804 
WWUS55 KPUB 272259
SVSPUB

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

COC011-272315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-170527T2315Z/
Bent CO-
459 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY...

At 457 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near John Martin
Reservoir, or 23 miles east of North La Junta, moving east at 40 mph.

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

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters at 455 PM reported 60 mph and 
         nickel sized hail 1 west of Las Animas.  

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

Locations impacted include...
Hasty, McClave, John Martin Reservoir, Fort Lyon and Caddoa. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3793 10317 3812 10316 3820 10278 3787 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 272DEG 35KT 3805 10310 

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

mw

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	50 min
May 26, 6:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	45 min
May 26, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	61 min
May 26, 7:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
May 26, 8:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	21 min
May 27, 12:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	33 min
May 27, 1:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
May 27, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	39 min
May 27, 2:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	49 min
May 27, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	33 min
May 27, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	44 min
May 27, 3:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	51 min
May 27, 3:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	42 min
May 27, 3:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
May 27, 3:53 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	37 min
May 27, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	43 min
May 27, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	39 min
May 27, 4:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	27 min
May 27, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	38 min
May 27, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	48 min
May 27, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 27, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
May 27, 5:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 27, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	50 min
May 27, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	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.