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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 10, 2017Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2017, 5:28 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2017, 5:28 PM MDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 208 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 5:57 PM MDTHAIL 14 Se Stonington, CO
May 10, 6:08 PM MDTHAIL 1Walsh, CO
May 10, 6:10 PM MDTHAIL 0.881 E Walsh, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2017-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

850 
WUUS55 KPUB 102328
SVRPUB
COC009-110000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0041.170510T2328Z-170511T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
528 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 600 PM MDT

* At 527 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
  Elkhart, moving north at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10230 3740 10231 3738 10204 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 175DEG 23KT 3703 10204 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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3 follow-up statements
729 
WWUS55 KPUB 102331
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
531 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

COC009-110000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170511T0000Z/
Baca CO-
531 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 531 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest of
Elkhart, moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. 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 3700 10230 3740 10231 3738 10204 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 175DEG 23KT 3706 10204 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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131 
WWUS55 KPUB 102337
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
537 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

COC009-110000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170511T0000Z/
Baca CO-
537 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 537 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northwest
of Elkhart, moving north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. 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 3739 10231 3737 10204 3699 10204 3700 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 169DEG 24KT 3711 10206 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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085 
WWUS55 KPUB 102345
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
545 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

COC009-110000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170511T0000Z/
Baca CO-
545 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 545 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast of
Stonington, or 16 miles northwest of Elkhart, moving north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. 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 3739 10231 3737 10204 3707 10204 3700 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 168DEG 27KT 3719 10209 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa24 min
May 9, 6:38 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo3 hr
May 9, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa19 min
May 9, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa30 min
May 9, 9:29 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBLas Animas10 hr
May 10, 4:30 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUBAlamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more32 hr
May 10, 4:38 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBCostilla, Huerfano, Las Animas18 hr
May 10, 1:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas26 min
May 10, 1:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas46 min
May 10, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas50 min
May 10, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos41 min
May 10, 1:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande47 min
May 10, 2:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano37 min
May 10, 2:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo27 min
May 10, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas40 min
May 10, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero51 min
May 10, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas50 min
May 10, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster41 min
May 10, 3:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCuster, Fremont, Saguache3 hr
May 10, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCostilla, Huerfano31 min
May 10, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo60 min
May 10, 3:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo8 hr
May 10, 3:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero41 min
May 10, 3:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Saguache3 hr
May 10, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley45 min
May 10, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers24 min
May 10, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero34 min
May 10, 3:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo9 hr
May 10, 4:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent, Las Animas, Otero3 hr
May 10, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo48 min
May 10, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero31 min
May 10, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers29 min
May 10, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers50 min
May 10, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero48 min
May 10, 4:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero3 hr
May 10, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers31 min
May 10, 5:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCrowley, Otero, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.