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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2016Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2016, 3:24 PM MDT for Baca 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
Jun 12, 2016, 3:24 PM MDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
36 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), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 382 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

379 
WUUS55 KPUB 122124
SVRPUB
COC009-122200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0056.160612T2124Z-160612T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
324 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 324 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VILAS...OR 7
  MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
  SPRINGFIELD...WALSH...VILAS AND TWO BUTTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3726 10247 3739 10263 3761 10243 3742 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 225DEG 11KT 3738 10249 

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

MOORE
3 follow-up statements
898 
WWUS55 KPUB 122131
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
331 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

COC009-122200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-160612T2200Z/
BACA CO-
331 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

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

AT 331 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VILAS...OR 8
MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...VILAS AND TWO BUTTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3726 10247 3738 10260 3761 10243 3742 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 225DEG 11KT 3740 10247 

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

MOORE
903 
WWUS55 KPUB 122139
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
339 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

COC009-122200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-160612T2200Z/
BACA CO-
339 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

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

AT 339 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VILAS...OR 8
MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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...VILAS AND TWO BUTTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3726 10247 3738 10260 3761 10243 3742 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 215DEG 7KT 3740 10247 

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

MOORE
451 
WWUS55 KPUB 122159
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
359 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

COC009-122209-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-160612T2200Z/
BACA CO-
359 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 400 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
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3726 10247 3738 10260 3761 10243 3742 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 225DEG 11KT 3740 10247 

$$

MOORE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent41 min
Jun 11, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca44 min
Jun 12, 2:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache25 min
Jun 12, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca50 min
Jun 12, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca45 min
Jun 12, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller28 min
Jun 12, 3:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca53 min
Jun 12, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca29 min
Jun 12, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca23 min
Jun 12, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso28 min
Jun 12, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 12, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa15 min
Jun 12, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 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.