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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 15, 2016Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2016, 4:38 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 67 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: Apr 15, 2016, 4:38 PM MDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2016, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 15, 1:57 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 259 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

152 
WUUS55 KPUB 152238
SVRPUB
COC009-071-152345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0007.160415T2238Z-160415T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
438 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  WESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 438 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF
  KIM...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRITCHETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3702 10335 3763 10316 3764 10268 3700 10298
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 183DEG 33KT 3723 10313 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

HODANISH

2 follow-up statements

955 
WWUS55 KPUB 152251 RRA
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
451 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

COC009-071-152345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160415T2345Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-BACA CO-
451 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES...

AT 451 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PRITCHETT...OR 26 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRITCHETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3715 10325 3763 10316 3764 10268 3714 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 204DEG 37KT 3728 10308 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

HODANISH

253 
WWUS55 KPUB 152308
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
508 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

COC071-152316-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160415T2345Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
508 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3729 10306 3762 10304 3764 10268 3727 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 213DEG 25KT 3734 10301 

$$

COC009-152345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160415T2345Z/
BACA CO-
508 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY...

AT 506 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
PRITCHETT...OR 22 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY.

SEVERAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST NEW
MEXICO AND THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE
INTO BACA COUNTY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3729 10306 3762 10304 3764 10268 3727 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 213DEG 25KT 3734 10301 

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

HODANISH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 10:28 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 4 more	41 hr
Apr 15, 12:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	38 min
Apr 15, 1:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	40 min
Apr 15, 1:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	31 min
Apr 15, 1:51 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	24 min
Apr 15, 2:07 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa	38 min
Apr 15, 2:39 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa	36 min
Apr 15, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	43 min
Apr 15, 3:09 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Kiowa	3 hr
Apr 15, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	20 min
Apr 15, 3:22 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa	8 min
Apr 15, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	50 min
Apr 15, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	48 min
Apr 15, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	15 min
Apr 15, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	49 min
Apr 15, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	30 min
Apr 15, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	45 min
Apr 15, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	31 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.