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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 9, 2016Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2016, 8:13 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 9, 2016, 8:13 PM MDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2016, 8:47 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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: 1479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

216 
WUUS55 KPUB 100213
SVRPUB
COC009-100330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0174.160710T0213Z-160710T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
813 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT

* AT 813 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PRITCHETT...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
  CAMPO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3722 10289 3734 10267 3700 10226 3700 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 321DEG 13KT 3723 10275 

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

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4 follow-up statements

960 
WWUS55 KPUB 100223
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
823 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

COC009-100330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-160710T0330Z/
BACA CO-
823 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY...

AT 823 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CAMPO...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
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...
CAMPO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 10288 3731 10264 3700 10226 3700 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 321DEG 13KT 3720 10272 

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

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883 
WWUS55 KPUB 100230
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
830 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

COC009-100330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-160710T0330Z/
BACA CO-
830 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY...

AT 830 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CAMPO...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
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...
CAMPO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3717 10286 3728 10260 3700 10226 3700 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 321DEG 13KT 3718 10270 

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

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234 
WWUS55 KPUB 100239
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
839 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

COC009-100330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-160710T0330Z/
BACA CO-
839 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...

AT 838 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CAMPO...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
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...
CAMPO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3715 10285 3726 10257 3700 10226 3700 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 311DEG 11KT 3718 10267 

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

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460 
WWUS55 KPUB 100247
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
847 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

COC009-100257-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-160710T0330Z/
BACA CO-
847 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3715 10285 3726 10257 3700 10226 3700 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 321DEG 13KT 3715 10264 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 6:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	41 min
Jul 9, 6:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Baca	2 hr
Jul 9, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	47 min
Jul 9, 7:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	38 min
Jul 9, 7:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	30 min
Jul 10, 6:57 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more	5 hr
Jul 10, 6:57 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more	13 hr
Jul 10, 12:25 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more	32 hr

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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.