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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 29, 2017Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2017, 5:19 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 29, 2017, 5:19 PM MDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2017, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
26 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), 204 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2017-05-29Temperature 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 2017-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

641 
WUUS55 KPUB 292319
SVRPUB
COC009-292345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0077.170529T2319Z-170529T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
519 PM MDT MON MAY 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 545 PM MDT

* At 518 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Walsh, or 11
  miles southwest of The Saunders Elevator, moving east at 20 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...
  Walsh and Stonington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3728 10235 3750 10235 3754 10204 3726 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 267DEG 19KT 3738 10221 

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

KT
2 follow-up statements
527 
WWUS55 KPUB 292327
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
527 PM MDT MON MAY 29 2017

COC009-292345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-170529T2345Z/
Baca CO-
527 PM MDT MON MAY 29 2017

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

At 527 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near The Saunders
Elevator, moving east at 25 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 3730 10224 3751 10225 3754 10204 3730 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 254DEG 21KT 3741 10213 

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

KT
849 
WWUS55 KPUB 292345
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
545 PM MDT MON MAY 29 2017

COC009-292354-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-170529T2345Z/
Baca CO-
545 PM MDT MON MAY 29 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  

LAT...LON 3730 10224 3751 10225 3754 10204 3730 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 245DEG 19KT 3744 10206 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas46 min
May 29, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca49 min
May 29, 5:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca42 min
May 29, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster40 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.