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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 16, 2017Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2017, 4:12 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, 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
Jul 16, 2017, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2017, 4:45 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, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 276 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 2017-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 228 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 2017-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

774 
WUUS55 KPUB 162212
SVRPUB
COC009-071-162245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0166.170716T2212Z-170716T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
412 PM MDT SUN JUL 16 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 445 PM MDT

* At 412 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles north of
  Kim, or 35 miles west of Springfield, moving east 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...
  Kim.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3730 10362 3755 10328 3741 10294 3700 10346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 284DEG 9KT 3744 10327 

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

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 6:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers3 hr
Jul 15, 6:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee37 min
Jul 15, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers40 min
Jul 15, 6:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBChaffee111 min
Jul 15, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers18 min
Jul 15, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBChaffee, Fremont32 min
Jul 15, 7:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers30 min
Jul 15, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee45 min
Jul 15, 7:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBChaffee116 min
Jul 15, 7:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBMineral, Rio Grande112 min
Jul 15, 7:53 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBChaffee112 min
Jul 15, 8:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Fremont3 hr
Jul 15, 8:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache28 min
Jul 15, 10:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Fremont3 hr
Jul 16, 12:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBChaffee116 min
Jul 16, 1:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBChaffee117 min
Jul 16, 2:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBChaffee3 hr
Jul 16, 2:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Fremont4 hr
Jul 16, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont21 min
Jul 16, 3:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBChaffee3 hr
Jul 16, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB42 min
Jul 16, 3:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache32 min
Jul 16, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas66 min
Jul 16, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Saguache43 min
Jul 16, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBMineral, Rio Grande, Saguache31 min
Jul 16, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande40 min
Jul 16, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas30 min
Jul 16, 5:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa45 min
Jul 16, 5:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster39 min
Jul 16, 5:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo3 hr

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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.