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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 31, 2016Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2016, 1:57 AM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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 31, 2016, 1:57 AM MDT (07:57 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2016, 2:42 AM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 2016-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 731 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
731 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

037 
WUUS55 KPUB 310757
SVRPUB
COC009-310900-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0033.160531T0757Z-160531T0900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
157 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 300 AM MDT

* AT 156 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALSH...OR
  10 MILES WEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...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...
  WALSH AND STONINGTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3727 10237 3741 10244 3754 10237 3763 10204
      3727 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 255DEG 19KT 3747 10223 

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

LW
2 follow-up statements
007 
WWUS55 KPUB 310812
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
212 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COC009-310900-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160531T0900Z/
BACA CO-
212 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

AT 212 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE SAUNDERS
ELEVATOR...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
WALSH AND STONINGTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3727 10231 3743 10235 3757 10227 3763 10204
      3727 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 248DEG 22KT 3751 10213 

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

LW
135 
WWUS55 KPUB 310842
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
242 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COC009-310852-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160531T0900Z/
BACA CO-
242 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN 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.

LAT...LON 3727 10231 3743 10235 3757 10227 3763 10204
      3727 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 255DEG 19KT 3755 10194 

$$

LW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 1:44 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca46 min
May 31, 2:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller39 min
May 31, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller52 min
May 31, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster49 min
May 31, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster42 min
May 31, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster49 min
May 31, 5:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster50 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.