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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 15, 2018Bent County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2018, 4:55 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 15, 2018, 4:55 PM MDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2018, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 1171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

007 
WUUS55 KPUB 152255
SVRPUB
COC011-089-152345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0003.180515T2255Z-180515T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
455 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  West central Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 545 PM MDT

* At 455 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Higbee, or 13
  miles south of North La Junta, moving northeast 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. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Las Animas, Higbee and John Martin Reservoir. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3771 10344 3777 10354 3814 10343 3804 10307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 219DEG 16KT 3779 10346 

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

Hodanish

3 follow-up statements

239 
WWUS55 KPUB 152305
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
505 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018

COC011-089-152345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180515T2345Z/
Otero CO-Bent CO-
505 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL OTERO AND WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...

At 505 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Higbee, or 11
miles southeast of North La Junta, moving northeast 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. 

Locations impacted include...
Las Animas and John Martin Reservoir. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3777 10340 3782 10349 3814 10343 3804 10307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 219DEG 16KT 3782 10342 

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

Hodanish

222 
WWUS55 KPUB 152316
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
516 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018

COC011-089-152345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180515T2345Z/
Otero CO-Bent CO-
516 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL OTERO AND WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...

At 516 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast of
Higbee, or 11 miles southeast of North La Junta, moving northeast 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. 

Locations impacted include...
Las Animas and John Martin Reservoir. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3781 10335 3784 10345 3814 10343 3804 10307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 215DEG 19KT 3788 10337 

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

Hodanish

217 
WWUS55 KPUB 152330
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
530 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018

COC011-089-152340-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180515T2345Z/
Otero CO-Bent CO-
530 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OTERO AND WEST
CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3781 10335 3784 10345 3814 10343 3804 10307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 219DEG 16KT 3793 10332 

$$

hODANISH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	33 min
May 15, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	31 min
May 15, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	31 min
May 15, 2:46 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Huerfano, Las Animas, Mineral and 3 more	24 hr
May 15, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	34 min
May 15, 3:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	11 min
May 15, 3:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	35 min
May 15, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	47 min
May 15, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	33 min
May 15, 4:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	36 min
May 15, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		28 min
May 15, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	26 min
May 15, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
May 15, 5:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	26 min
May 15, 5:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	24 min
May 15, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	37 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.