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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 17, 2022Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2022, 7:02 PM MDT for Kiowa 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 17, 2022, 7:02 PM MDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2022, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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 (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

287 
WUUS55 KPUB 180102
SVRPUB
COC061-180145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0013.220518T0102Z-220518T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
702 PM MDT Tue May 17 2022

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 745 PM MDT.

* At 702 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
  of Kit Carson, or 21 miles southwest of Cheyenne Wells, moving
  southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Chivington and Brandon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10260 3861 10276 3862 10205 3827 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 328DEG 17KT 3866 10268 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

KTS

3 follow-up statements

129 
WWUS55 KPUB 180123
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
723 PM MDT Tue May 17 2022

COC061-180145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220518T0145Z/
Kiowa CO-
723 PM MDT Tue May 17 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 723 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northwest
of Chivington, or 22 miles southwest of Cheyenne Wells, moving
southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Sheridan Lake, Chivington, Brandon and Towner. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3841 10261 3861 10273 3862 10205 3831 10205
      3832 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 328DEG 17KT 3857 10261 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

KTS

024 
WWUS55 KPUB 180131
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
731 PM MDT Tue May 17 2022

COC061-180145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220518T0145Z/
Kiowa CO-
731 PM MDT Tue May 17 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 731 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of
Chivington, or 23 miles southwest of Cheyenne Wells, moving southeast
at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Sheridan Lake and Towner. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3862 10205 3831 10205 3832 10229 3862 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 328DEG 17KT 3854 10258 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

KTS

017 
WWUS55 KPUB 180144
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
744 PM MDT Tue May 17 2022

COC061-180154-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220518T0145Z/
Kiowa CO-
744 PM MDT Tue May 17 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 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.

LAT...LON 3862 10205 3831 10205 3832 10229 3862 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 328DEG 17KT 3849 10254 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	51 min
May 17, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	41 min
May 18, 3:29 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 15 more	42 hr
May 18, 1:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	24 min
May 18, 1:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	30 min
May 18, 2:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	52 min
May 18, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	46 min
May 18, 2:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	45 min
May 18, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	47 min
May 18, 3:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	46 min
May 18, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	43 min
May 18, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	50 min
May 18, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	37 min
May 18, 3:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	37 min
May 18, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	24 min
May 18, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	32 min
May 18, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	43 min
May 18, 4:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	43 min
May 18, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	38 min
May 18, 5:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	33 min
May 18, 5:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	48 min
May 18, 5:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	50 min
May 18, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	28 min
May 18, 5:48 PM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Teller	21 hr

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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.