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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 7, 2018Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2018, 9:49 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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
Aug 7, 2018, 9:49 PM MDT (03:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2018, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 00:00Z on 2018-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1316 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2018-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 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
1316 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-3.3

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The text

As transmitted.

584 
WUUS55 KPUB 080349
SVRPUB
COC025-089-101-080415-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0252.180808T0349Z-180808T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
949 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southwestern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
  East central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 1015 PM MDT.

* At 949 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Boone, or 24
  miles east of Pueblo, moving southeast 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fowler and Boone. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3829 10428 3835 10410 3814 10394 3805 10418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 333DEG 14KT 3825 10417 

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

mw
2 follow-up statements
287 
WWUS55 KPUB 080405
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1005 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018

COC025-089-101-080415-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-180808T0415Z/
Otero CO-Crowley CO-Pueblo CO-
1005 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO...SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO
COUNTIES...

At 1005 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
of Fowler, or 27 miles east of Pueblo, moving southeast 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.

Locations impacted include...
Fowler.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3823 10424 3830 10406 3814 10394 3805 10418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 327DEG 14KT 3821 10412 

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

mw
336 
WWUS55 KPUB 080414
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1014 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018

COC025-089-101-080423-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-180808T0415Z/
Otero CO-Crowley CO-Pueblo CO-
1014 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO...
SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
1015 PM MDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3823 10424 3830 10406 3814 10394 3805 10418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 333DEG 14KT 3818 10410 

$$

mw

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster32 min
Aug 7, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster32 min
Aug 7, 6:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCuster115 min
Aug 7, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster25 min
Aug 7, 7:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Huerfano26 min
Aug 7, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCostilla, Custer, Huerfano33 min
Aug 7, 8:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano32 min
Aug 7, 9:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley33 min
Aug 7, 9:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley46 min
Aug 7, 10:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley30 min
Aug 7, 10:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley32 min
Aug 7, 10:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso28 min
Aug 7, 10:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso23 min
Aug 7, 10:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa50 min
Aug 7, 10:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero37 min
Aug 7, 10:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo31 min
Aug 7, 10:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 min
Aug 7, 10:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso23 min
Aug 7, 10:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
Aug 7, 11:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo33 min
Aug 7, 11:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso30 min
Aug 7, 11:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers48 min
Aug 7, 11:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo42 min
Aug 7, 11:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo49 min
Aug 7, 11:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso30 min
Aug 8, 12:01 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Aug 8, 12:05 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo25 min
Aug 8, 12:12 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo33 min
Aug 8, 12:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo33 min
Aug 8, 1:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley48 min
Aug 8, 1:14 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo31 min
Aug 8, 1:58 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero47 min
Aug 8, 9:52 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso38 min
Aug 8, 10:04 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso41 min
Aug 8, 10:40 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso50 min
Aug 8, 10:44 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso31 min
Aug 8, 10:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso46 min
Aug 8, 11:13 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo47 min
Aug 8, 11:36 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo23 min
Aug 8, 11:38 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo52 min
Aug 8, 11:52 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo38 min
Aug 8, 12:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa39 min
Aug 8, 12:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo37 min
Aug 8, 12:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers40 min
Aug 8, 1:23 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano2 hr
Aug 8, 1:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano49 min
Aug 8, 1:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers44 min
Aug 8, 1:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas24 min
Aug 8, 1:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers38 min
Aug 8, 2:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas32 min
Aug 8, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas20 min
Aug 8, 2:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca46 min
Aug 8, 2:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers42 min
Aug 8, 2:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas53 min
Aug 8, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca50 min
Aug 8, 3:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca52 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.