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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 11, 2023Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2023, 3:28 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 11, 2023, 3:28 PM MDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2023, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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 11, 11:22 AM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 288 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2023-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 520 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2023-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

406 
WUUS55 KPUB 112128
SVRPUB
COC061-112200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0013.230511T2128Z-230511T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
328 PM MDT Thu May 11 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 327 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northeast
  of Haswell, or 40 miles southwest of Cheyenne Wells, moving north
  at 10 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  north central Kiowa County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3850 10296 3847 10311 3861 10317 3862 10310
      3861 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 165DEG 7KT 3857 10302 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
EHR
2 follow-up statements
685 
WWUS55 KPUB 112153
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
353 PM MDT Thu May 11 2023

COC061-112200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230511T2200Z/
Kiowa CO-
353 PM MDT Thu May 11 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...

At 352 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northeast
of Haswell, or 39 miles west of Cheyenne Wells, moving north at 10
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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north
central Kiowa County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3852 10296 3851 10313 3861 10317 3862 10310
      3861 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 165DEG 7KT 3862 10304 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
911 
WWUS55 KPUB 112200
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
400 PM MDT Thu May 11 2023

COC061-112209-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230511T2200Z/
Kiowa CO-
400 PM MDT Thu May 11 2023

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 400 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

LAT...LON 3852 10296 3851 10313 3861 10317 3862 10310
      3861 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 165DEG 7KT 3863 10304 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 6:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca33 min
May 10, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa47 min
May 10, 7:31 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBEl Paso36 hr
May 10, 8:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB23 min
May 10, 8:43 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBChaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Lake, Saguache, Teller27 hr
May 10, 8:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Otero46 min
May 10, 9:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBOtero33 min
May 10, 9:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent40 min
May 10, 10:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa60 min
May 10, 10:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent, Otero42 min
May 11, 1:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa29 min
May 11, 1:58 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero47 min
May 11, 2:51 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster24 min
May 11, 4:13 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller47 min
May 11, 4:43 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo32 min
May 11, 6:10 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo35 min
May 11, 6:58 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
May 11, 7:11 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
May 11, 7:56 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
May 11, 8:21 AM MDTRiver Flood WatchPUBEl Paso2 hr
May 11, 10:22 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBEl Paso21 hr
May 11, 12:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso47 min
May 11, 12:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley34 min
May 11, 1:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo35 min
May 11, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa32 min
May 11, 2:47 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBPueblo42 hr
May 11, 2:51 PM MDTRiver Flood WatchPUBPueblo8 hr
May 11, 2:54 PM MDTRiver Flood WatchPUBOtero28 hr
May 11, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa30 min
May 11, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley27 min
May 11, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent29 min
May 11, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa25 min
May 11, 4:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley36 min
May 11, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa37 min
May 11, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa26 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.