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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 17, 2016Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2016, 4:29 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 17, 2016, 4:29 PM MDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2016, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 31 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 Pueblo radar (KPUX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 238 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: 164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -598 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

984 
WUUS55 KPUB 172229
SVRPUB
COC009-172300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0199.160717T2229Z-160717T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
429 PM MDT SUN JUL 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 428 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH
  OF SPRINGFIELD... MOVING NORTH AT 10 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...
  TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3742 10244 3742 10281 3764 10279 3764 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 183DEG 10KT 3746 10262 

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

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3 follow-up statements

880 
WWUS55 KPUB 172237
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
437 PM MDT SUN JUL 17 2016

COC009-172300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-160717T2300Z/
BACA CO-
437 PM MDT SUN JUL 17 2016

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

AT 435 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 6 MILES NORTH
OF SPRINGFIELD... MOVING NORTH AT 15 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...
TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR AND HIGHWAY 287 NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3742 10244 3742 10281 3764 10279 3764 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 181DEG 12KT 3750 10262 

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

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262 
WWUS55 KPUB 172245
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
445 PM MDT SUN JUL 17 2016

COC009-172300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-160717T2300Z/
BACA CO-
445 PM MDT SUN JUL 17 2016

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

AT 445 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING
NORTH AT 15 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...
TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3742 10244 3742 10281 3764 10279 3764 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 167DEG 14KT 3754 10265 

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

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782 
WWUS55 KPUB 172254
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
454 PM MDT SUN JUL 17 2016

COC009-172300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-160717T2300Z/
BACA CO-
454 PM MDT SUN JUL 17 2016

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

AT 454 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TWO BUTTES
RESERVOIR...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 10
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...
TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3752 10244 3752 10280 3764 10279 3764 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 175DEG 10KT 3757 10266 

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

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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 16, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	82 min
Jul 16, 7:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	32 min
Jul 17, 3:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	22 min
Jul 17, 3:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	36 min
Jul 17, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	36 min
Jul 17, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	34 min
Jul 17, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	42 min
Jul 17, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	32 min
Jul 17, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	31 min
Jul 17, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	35 min
Jul 17, 5:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	34 min

Nearby

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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.