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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 27, 2017Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2017, 4:51 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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, 4:51 PM MDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2017, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 286 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

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The text

As transmitted.

148 
WUUS55 KPUB 272251
SVRPUB
COC071-272330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0073.170527T2251Z-170527T2330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 530 PM MDT

* At 450 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles south of
  Thatcher, or 32 miles northeast of Trinidad, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3734 10415 3754 10405 3745 10340 3708 10355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 288DEG 28KT 3738 10397 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KT
2 follow-up statements
868 
WWUS55 KPUB 272302
SVSPUB

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

COC071-272330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-170527T2330Z/
Las Animas CO-
502 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2017

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

At 502 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles southeast
of Thatcher, or 37 miles east of Trinidad, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3731 10409 3753 10396 3745 10340 3708 10355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 288DEG 28KT 3735 10386 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KT
090 
WWUS55 KPUB 272309
SVSPUB

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

COC071-272330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-170527T2330Z/
Las Animas CO-
509 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2017

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

At 509 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 20 miles southeast
of Thatcher, or 39 miles north of Des Moines, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3727 10400 3751 10383 3745 10340 3708 10355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 288DEG 28KT 3733 10379 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas48 min
May 27, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent32 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.