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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 21, 2017Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2017, 2:32 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 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: May 21, 2017, 2:32 PM MDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2017, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 261 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: 2118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

272 
WUUS55 KPUB 212032
SVRPUB
COC009-212115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0059.170521T2032Z-170521T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
232 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 315 PM MDT

* At 231 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of 
  Kenton, or 30 miles northwest of Boise City, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Campo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3712 10303 3724 10233 3700 10227 3700 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 260DEG 33KT 3703 10292 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TLM

2 follow-up statements

168 
WWUS55 KPUB 212045
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
245 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2017

COC009-212115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-170521T2115Z/
Baca CO-
245 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 245 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of
Campo, or 25 miles south of Springfield, moving east at 35 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...
Campo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3712 10296 3724 10233 3700 10227 3700 10295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 260DEG 33KT 3705 10276 

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

TLM

078 
WWUS55 KPUB 212103
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
303 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2017

COC009-212115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-170521T2115Z/
Baca CO-
303 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 302 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Campo, or 22
miles south of Springfield, moving east 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...
Campo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3712 10292 3724 10233 3700 10227 3700 10292
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 260DEG 33KT 3708 10256 

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

TLM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 1:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	51 min
May 21, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	58 min
May 21, 3:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	45 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.