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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 15, 2016Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2016, 6:51 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2016, 6:51 PM MDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2016, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 214 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 7:23 PM MDTHAIL 1.756 S Campo, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 15, 1:57 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2016-04-16Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

831 
WUUS55 KPUB 160051
SVRPUB
COC009-160145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0011.160416T0051Z-160416T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
651 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 651 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMPO...OR 22
  MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPRINGFIELD...WALSH...VILAS...CAMPO...TWO BUTTES AND STONINGTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3699 10212 3700 10292 3762 10255 3762 10204
      3709 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 223DEG 37KT 3709 10264 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HODANISH
1 follow-up statement
938 
WWUS55 KPUB 160108
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
708 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

COC009-160145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160416T0145Z/
BACA CO-
708 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR BACA COUNTY...

AT 707 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CAMPO...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...WALSH...VILAS...CAMPO...TWO BUTTES AND STONINGTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3699 10212 3700 10292 3762 10255 3762 10204
      3709 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 222DEG 34KT 3698 10273 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers49 min
Apr 15, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers44 min
Apr 15, 6:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBBent, Prowers115 min
Apr 15, 6:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca23 min
Apr 15, 7:21 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca24 min
Apr 15, 7:41 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.