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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 11, 2015Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2015, 9:21 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 11, 2015, 9:21 PM MDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2015, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2015-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 789 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 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

075 
WUUS55 KPUB 120321
SVRPUB
COC009-120345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0151.150612T0321Z-150612T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
921 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT

* AT 920 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF STONINGTON...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
           HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STONINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3712 10238 3728 10243 3744 10204 3718 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 252DEG 31KT 3724 10234 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
674 
WWUS55 KPUB 120329
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
929 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

COC009-120345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-150612T0345Z/
BACA CO-
929 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

AT 928 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STONINGTON...
OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STONINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3713 10234 3731 10237 3744 10204 3718 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 273DEG 34KT 3722 10223 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 6:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jun 11, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers33 min
Jun 11, 6:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo92 min
Jun 11, 6:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca41 min
Jun 11, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo36 min
Jun 11, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller40 min
Jun 11, 6:54 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers3 hr
Jun 11, 6:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller92 min
Jun 11, 7:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso116 min
Jun 11, 7:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca23 min
Jun 11, 7:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso116 min
Jun 11, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca44 min
Jun 11, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca29 min
Jun 11, 7:50 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca25 min
Jun 11, 8:11 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca34 min
Jun 11, 8:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas50 min
Jun 11, 8:43 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca32 min
Jun 11, 8:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa46 min
Jun 11, 9:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca33 min
Jun 11, 9:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca14 min
Jun 11, 10:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont46 min
Jun 11, 10:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBFremont118 min
Jun 11, 11:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont45 min
Jun 12, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley39 min
Jun 12, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB39 min
Jun 12, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent52 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.