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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 13, 2015Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2015, 4:59 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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
Sep 13, 2015, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2015, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2015-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

950 
WUUS55 KPUB 132259
SVRPUB
COC009-132345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0252.150913T2259Z-150913T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
459 PM MDT SUN SEP 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 459 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  STONINGTON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND
  IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

  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. 

* 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 10204 3733 10231 3745 10217 3743 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 310DEG 3KT 3736 10218 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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3 follow-up statements
572 
WWUS55 KPUB 132315
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
515 PM MDT SUN SEP 13 2015

COC009-132345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150913T2345Z/
BACA CO-
515 PM MDT SUN SEP 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...

AT 515 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STONINGTON...
OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND IS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

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. 

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 10204 3733 10231 3745 10217 3743 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 045DEG 3KT 3735 10219 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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066 
WWUS55 KPUB 132329
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
529 PM MDT SUN SEP 13 2015

COC009-132345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150913T2345Z/
BACA CO-
529 PM MDT SUN SEP 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...

AT 529 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER STONINGTON...
OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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. 

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 10204 3733 10231 3742 10217 3740 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 303DEG 11KT 3731 10218 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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467 
WWUS55 KPUB 132341
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
541 PM MDT SUN SEP 13 2015

COC009-132350-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150913T2345Z/
BACA CO-
541 PM MDT SUN SEP 13 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3713 10204 3733 10231 3742 10217 3740 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 310DEG 3KT 3731 10218 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 2:48 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUBBent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more24 hr
Sep 13, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca51 min
Sep 13, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca41 min
Sep 13, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca37 min
Sep 13, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca47 min
Sep 13, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers45 min
Sep 13, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers31 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.