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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2016Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2016, 4:31 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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, 4:31 PM MDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2016, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
29 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 Dodge City radar (KDDC), 211 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

012 
WUUS55 KPUB 122231
SVRPUB
COC009-122300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0057.160612T2231Z-160612T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 431 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF
  CAMPO...OR 23 MILES WEST OF ELKHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  STONINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10222 3700 10232 3707 10244 3751 10205
      3714 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 217DEG 26KT 3708 10231 

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

PGW
2 follow-up statements
250 
WWUS55 KPUB 122245
SVSPUB

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

COC009-122300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-160612T2300Z/
BACA CO-
445 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

AT 445 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
STONINGTON...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...MOVING
NORTH 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...
STONINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10222 3700 10232 3707 10244 3751 10205
      3714 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 185DEG 9KT 3724 10223 

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

PGW
660 
WWUS55 KPUB 122300
SVSPUB

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

COC009-122309-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-160612T2300Z/
BACA CO-
500 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 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 SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3699 10222 3700 10232 3707 10244 3751 10205
      3714 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 217DEG 26KT 3724 10223 

$$

PGW

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, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca36 min
Jun 12, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller28 min
Jun 12, 3:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca53 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.