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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 17, 2023Baca County, Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2023, 5:09 PM MDT for Baca County, Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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, 2023, 5:09 PM MDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2023, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 265 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 2023-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2023-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

222 
WUUS55 KPUB 172309
SVRPUB
COC009-011-099-172345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.230517T2309Z-230517T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
509 PM MDT Wed May 17 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northwestern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 545 PM MDT.

* At 509 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles north of
  Pritchett, or 18 miles northwest of Springfield, moving northeast
  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Prowers, northwestern Baca and southeastern Bent
  Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3744 10293 3758 10304 3776 10294 3758 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 227DEG 15KT 3755 10290 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 11:24 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano36 min
May 17, 11:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos44 min
May 17, 11:46 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas44 min
May 17, 12:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos30 min
May 17, 12:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos34 min
May 17, 12:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano37 min
May 17, 1:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano34 min
May 17, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso36 min
May 17, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla36 min
May 17, 2:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas40 min
May 17, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca32 min
May 17, 2:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas23 min
May 17, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas26 min
May 17, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas51 min
May 17, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca42 min
May 17, 3:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas25 min
May 17, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca26 min
May 17, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent23 min
May 17, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas30 min
May 17, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas33 min
May 17, 5:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers23 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.