Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2020, 5:32 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 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 19, 2020, 5:32 PM MDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2020, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -664 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
203
WUUS55 KPUB 192332
SVRPUB
COC025-089-200015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0013.200519T2332Z-200520T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
532 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
South central Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 615 PM MDT.
* At 531 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Manzanola, or
20 miles west of La Junta, moving northeast at 30 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...
Ordway, Manzanola and Crowley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3798 10387 3803 10401 3826 10388 3819 10366
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 206DEG 26KT 3805 10391
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
mw2 follow-up statements
208
WWUS55 KPUB 192347
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
547 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020
COC025-089-200015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200520T0015Z/
Otero CO-Crowley CO-
547 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO AND SOUTH CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTIES...
At 547 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Manzanola, or
20 miles northwest of La Junta, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ordway, Manzanola and Crowley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3800 10387 3805 10400 3826 10388 3819 10367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 204DEG 23KT 3814 10386
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
mw427
WWUS55 KPUB 192358
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
558 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020
COC025-089-200015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200520T0015Z/
Otero CO-Crowley CO-
558 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO AND SOUTH CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTIES...
At 558 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located mear Manzanola, or
20 miles northwest of La Junta, moving northeast at 20 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...
Ordway, Manzanola and Crowley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 10384 3809 10397 3826 10388 3820 10371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 204DEG 16KT 3815 10386
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
mwThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:49 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer and 11 more | 41 hr |
| May 19, 2:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 32 min |
| May 19, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 30 min |
| May 19, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| May 19, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 37 min |
| May 19, 3:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| May 19, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 39 min |
| May 19, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| May 19, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| May 19, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 36 min |
| May 19, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 47 min |
| May 19, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| May 19, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 47 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.