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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 3, 2016Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2016, 4:36 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 3, 2016, 4:36 PM MDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2016, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 3, 4:53 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	Springfield, CO	HEAVY RAIN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

076 
WUUS55 KPUB 032236
SVRPUB
COC009-032300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0129.160703T2236Z-160703T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
436 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 436 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  SPRINGFIELD... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPRINGFIELD...WALSH...VILAS...TWO BUTTES AND TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3732 10284 3763 10274 3763 10218 3720 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 255DEG 23KT 3740 10260 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
SR

3 follow-up statements

248 
WWUS55 KPUB 032245
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
445 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

COC009-032300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-160703T2300Z/
BACA CO-
445 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

AT 444 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPRINGFIELD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LARGER HAIL WILL IMPACT
HIGHWAY 287 JUST NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...WALSH...VILAS...TWO BUTTES AND TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3738 10276 3763 10274 3763 10218 3725 10220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 230DEG 20KT 3746 10258 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
SR

591 
WWUS55 KPUB 032250
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
450 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

COC009-032300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-160703T2300Z/
BACA CO-
450 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

AT 449 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPRINGFIELD... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LARGE HAIL WILL CROSS HIGHWAY
287 FOUR MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD.

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...TWO BUTTES AND TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3738 10276 3763 10274 3763 10218 3725 10220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 255DEG 23KT 3747 10254 

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

SR

682 
WWUS55 KPUB 032259
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
459 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

COC009-032308-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-160703T2300Z/
BACA CO-
459 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3738 10276 3763 10274 3763 10218 3725 10220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 255DEG 23KT 3747 10254 

$$

SR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
Jul 3, 2:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Gunnison	52 min
Jul 3, 3:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	38 min
Jul 3, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	17 min
Jul 3, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	29 min
Jul 3, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	19 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.