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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 29, 20164 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2016, 3:12 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 33 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
May 29, 2016, 3:12 PM MDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-05-29Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2263 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

466 
WUUS55 KPUB 292112
SVRPUB
COC009-011-071-089-292145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0031.160529T2112Z-160529T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
312 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 311 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF KIM...OR 39 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  HIGBEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3738 10371 3772 10373 3790 10330 3766 10279
      3727 10310 3725 10350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 218DEG 49KT 3740 10350 

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

MW
3 follow-up statements
189 
WWUS55 KPUB 292127
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
327 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

COC009-011-071-089-292145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160529T2145Z/
OTERO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-BENT CO-BACA CO-
327 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO...NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHWESTERN BENT
AND NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES...

AT 326 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTH OF
HIGBEE...OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 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...
HIGBEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3743 10362 3769 10367 3790 10330 3766 10279
      3731 10311 3729 10347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 221DEG 40KT 3751 10336 

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

MW
569 
WWUS55 KPUB 292136
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
336 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

COC009-011-071-089-292145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160529T2145Z/
OTERO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-BENT CO-BACA CO-
336 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO...NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHWESTERN BENT
AND NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES...

AT 336 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HIGBEE...OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 0

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGBEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3760 10353 3769 10367 3790 10330 3770 10295
      3744 10305 3750 10337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 211DEG 37KT 3758 10333 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MW
074 
WWUS55 KPUB 292142
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
342 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

COC009-011-071-089-292152-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160529T2145Z/
OTERO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-BENT CO-BACA CO-
342 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO...
NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHWESTERN BENT AND NORTHWESTERN BACA
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3760 10353 3769 10367 3790 10330 3770 10295
      3744 10305 3750 10337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 218DEG 49KT 3758 10333 

$$

MW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 12:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa36 min
May 29, 1:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
May 29, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
May 29, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
May 29, 3:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB39 min
May 29, 3:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca52 min
May 29, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca28 min
May 29, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca26 min
May 29, 4:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca25 min
May 29, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent34 min
May 29, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca89 min
May 29, 4:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers90 min
May 29, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers75 min
May 29, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers97 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.