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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 4, 2016Baca County, Bent County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2016, 7:10 PM MDT for Baca County, Bent County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 4, 2016, 7:10 PM MDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2016, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 253 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3373 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

282 
WUUS55 KPUB 050110
SVRPUB
COC009-011-071-050145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0276.160905T0110Z-160905T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
710 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 710 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF HIGBEE...OR 33 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH LA
  JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHEASTERN BENT AND NORTHWESTERN BACA
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3750 10354 3804 10277 3757 10276 3735 10337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 236DEG 49KT 3753 10329 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

HODANISH
2 follow-up statements
307 
WWUS55 KPUB 050126
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
726 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2016

COC009-011-071-050145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0276.000000T0000Z-160905T0145Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-BENT CO-BACA CO-
726 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHEASTERN BENT AND NORTHWESTERN BACA
COUNTIES...

AT 725 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES NORTH OF
KIM...OR 34 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHEASTERN BENT AND NORTHWESTERN BACA
COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3753 10342 3804 10277 3757 10276 3742 10334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 239DEG 33KT 3751 10330 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

HODANISH
971 
WWUS55 KPUB 050135
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
735 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2016

COC009-011-071-050145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0276.000000T0000Z-160905T0145Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-BENT CO-BACA CO-
735 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHEASTERN BENT AND NORTHWESTERN BACA
COUNTIES...

AT 735 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 19 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HIGBEE...OR 33 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHEASTERN BENT AND NORTHWESTERN BACA
COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3757 10329 3804 10277 3757 10276 3747 10324
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 235DEG 41KT 3757 10319 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 6:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent37 min
Sep 4, 7:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers19 min
Sep 5, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca24 min
Sep 5, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca28 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.