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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 25, 2007Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2007, 6:22 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 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 25, 2007, 6:22 PM MDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2007, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 187 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 260022
SVRPUB
COC009-260115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0039.070526T0022Z-070526T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
622 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT...

* AT 620 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 11 MILES SOUTH OF
  STONINGTON...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKHART...AND WAS MOVING
  TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STONINGTON.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3716 10232 3700 10218 3700 10205 3734 10205
      3730 10222

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 260036
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
636 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007

COC009-260115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070526T0115Z/
BACA CO-
636 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

AT 629 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ELKHART...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3716 10223 3699 10222 3699 10205 3733 10204

$$
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 260052
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
652 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007

COC009-260115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070526T0115Z/
BACA CO-
652 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

AT 645 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
THIS STORM WAS CENTERED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...OR 11
MILES WEST OF ELKHART...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3714 10220 3699 10220 3699 10205 3728 10204

$$
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 260102
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
702 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007

COC009-260115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070526T0115Z/
BACA CO-
702 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

AT 654 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
CENTERED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
ELKHART...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3705 10218 3699 10220 3699 10205 3722 10204
      3709 10217

$$
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 260120
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
716 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007

COC009-260126-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070526T0115Z/
BACA CO-
716 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY
EXPIRED AT 715 PM MDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING OUT OF BACA COUNTY.  WHILE THIS 
STORM MAY STILL BE PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BACA 
COUNTY...THE THREAT OF DAMAGING HAIL AND WIND SHOULD BE OVER.

THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING UNTIL IT COMPLETELY CLEARS THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING.

LAT...LON 3705 10218 3699 10220 3699 10205 3722 10204
      3709 10217

$$

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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.