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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 3, 2016Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2016, 6:29 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers 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
Sep 3, 2016, 6:29 PM MDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 2016-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 713 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 00:00Z on 2016-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

382 
WUUS55 KPUB 040029
SVRPUB
COC009-099-040100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0271.160904T0029Z-160904T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
629 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 628 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TWO BUTTES
  RESERVOIR...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST
  SOUTHEAST 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...
  TWO BUTTES AND TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3748 10236 3759 10266 3770 10264 3770 10228
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 276DEG 27KT 3764 10257 

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

MW
2 follow-up statements
865 
WWUS55 KPUB 040046
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
646 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

COC009-099-040100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-160904T0100Z/
PROWERS CO-BACA CO-
646 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PROWERS AND NORTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES...

AT 644 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TWO
BUTTES...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
TWO BUTTES AND TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR AND OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTH 
CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY AND NORTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3748 10236 3759 10261 3770 10258 3770 10229
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 288DEG 14KT 3762 10247 

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

MW
254 
WWUS55 KPUB 040055
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
655 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

COC009-099-040100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-160904T0100Z/
PROWERS CO-BACA CO-
655 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PROWERS AND NORTH CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES...

AT 654 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TWO
BUTTES...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 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...
TWO BUTTES AND TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3748 10236 3758 10256 3767 10253 3765 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 302DEG 15KT 3760 10242 

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

MW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa46 min
Sep 3, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca46 min
Sep 4, 1:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa30 min
Sep 4, 1:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers42 min
Sep 4, 1:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa39 min
Sep 4, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers47 min
Sep 4, 2:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley39 min
Sep 4, 2:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers38 min
Sep 4, 5:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa27 min
Sep 4, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa26 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.