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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 15, 2016Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2016, 2:51 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
Jul 15, 2016, 2:51 PM MDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2016, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
24 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), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 15, 1:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2016-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 568 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 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
568 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

527 
WUUS55 KPUB 152051
SVRPUB
COC009-152115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0192.160715T2051Z-160715T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 251 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF STONINGTON...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  ELKHART...MOVING EAST AT 25 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10210 3700 10213 3710 10221 3726 10213
      3727 10204 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 292DEG 17KT 3715 10209 

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

MW
1 follow-up statement
332 
WWUS55 KPUB 152111
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
311 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

COC009-152121-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-160715T2115Z/
BACA CO-
311 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 315 PM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3699 10210 3700 10213 3710 10221 3726 10213
      3727 10204 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 292DEG 17KT 3715 10209 

$$

MW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero51 min
Jul 14, 6:20 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas25 min
Jul 14, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
Jul 14, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas46 min
Jul 14, 6:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero52 min
Jul 14, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert40 min
Jul 14, 7:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca95 min
Jul 14, 7:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas52 min
Jul 14, 8:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas84 min
Jul 14, 9:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo94 min
Jul 15, 12:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 min
Jul 15, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca31 min
Jul 15, 2:09 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more31 hr
Jul 15, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa39 min
Jul 15, 2:26 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBKiowa34 min
Jul 15, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca36 min
Jul 15, 3:00 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers30 min
Jul 15, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers27 min
Jul 15, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca32 min
Jul 15, 3:29 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers31 min
Jul 15, 4:47 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more115 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.