Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 17, 2016Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2016, 3:11 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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 17, 2016, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 2016, 3:47 PM MDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 17, 2:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 263 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: 874 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

425 
WUUS55 KPUB 172111
SVRPUB
COC009-071-172200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0293.160917T2111Z-160917T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
311 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 310 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF
  PRITCHETT...OR 24 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20
  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...
  PRITCHETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3729 10318 3746 10311 3749 10277 3718 10286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 284DEG 16KT 3737 10306 

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

MOORE

4 follow-up statements

732 
WWUS55 KPUB 172119
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
319 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016

COC009-071-172200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-160917T2200Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-BACA CO-
319 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES...

AT 318 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
PRITCHETT...OR 21 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
PRITCHETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3731 10311 3745 10306 3749 10277 3718 10286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 285DEG 17KT 3736 10300 

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

MOORE

427 
WWUS55 KPUB 172128
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
328 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016

COC009-071-172200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-160917T2200Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-BACA CO-
328 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES...

AT 328 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRITCHETT...OR
17 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
PRITCHETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3731 10311 3743 10303 3746 10278 3718 10286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 288DEG 19KT 3733 10292 

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

MOORE

690 
WWUS55 KPUB 172140
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
340 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016

COC071-172149-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-160917T2200Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
340 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA, THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3743 10303 3742 10279 3718 10286 3736 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 284DEG 16KT 3732 10286 

$$

COC009-172200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-160917T2200Z/
BACA CO-
340 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...

AT 339 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRITCHETT...OR
14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
PRITCHETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3743 10303 3742 10279 3718 10286 3736 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 284DEG 16KT 3732 10286 

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

MOORE

531 
WWUS55 KPUB 172147
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
347 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016

COC009-172156-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-160917T2200Z/
BACA CO-
347 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PUEBLO.

LAT...LON 3743 10303 3742 10279 3718 10286 3736 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 284DEG 16KT 3731 10282 

$$

MOORE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 17, 12:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	42 min
Sep 17, 1:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	41 min
Sep 17, 1:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	45 min
Sep 17, 1:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	50 min
Sep 17, 1:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	44 min
Sep 17, 1:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	41 min
Sep 17, 2:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	45 min
Sep 17, 2:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	35 min
Sep 17, 2:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	42 min
Sep 17, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	44 min
Sep 17, 3:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	50 min
Sep 17, 3:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2016 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.