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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 6, 2017Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2017, 5:22 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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
Jun 6, 2017, 5:22 PM MDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2017, 5:46 PM MDT
In force
24 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 Pueblo radar (KPUX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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
Jun 6, 5:22 PM MDTHAIL 19 Nw Springfield, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 2017-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

621 
WUUS55 KPUB 062322
SVRPUB
COC009-070000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0085.170606T2322Z-170607T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
522 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM MDT

* At 522 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Springfield, moving south 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...
  Springfield and Pritchett. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3754 10285 3756 10262 3726 10250 3726 10289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 353DEG 16KT 3748 10273 

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

MOORE
3 follow-up statements
712 
WWUS55 KPUB 062329
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
529 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 2017

COC009-070000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-170607T0000Z/
Baca CO-
529 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 2017

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

At 528 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest 
of Springfield, moving south at 10 mph. The public reported quarter 
size hail 9 miles northwest of Springfield.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Public. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Springfield and Pritchett. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3754 10285 3756 10262 3726 10250 3726 10289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 353DEG 7KT 3748 10273 

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

MOORE
243 
WWUS55 KPUB 062338
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
538 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 2017

COC009-070000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-170607T0000Z/
Baca CO-
538 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 2017

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

At 538 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Springfield,
moving south 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...
Springfield and Pritchett. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3753 10285 3752 10261 3726 10250 3726 10289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 353DEG 16KT 3743 10272 

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

MOORE
551 
WWUS55 KPUB 062346
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
546 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 2017

COC009-062356-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-170607T0000Z/
Baca CO-
546 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Pueblo.

LAT...LON 3753 10285 3752 10261 3726 10250 3726 10289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 353DEG 16KT 3740 10272 

$$

MOORE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas47 min
Jun 5, 8:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo43 min
Jun 5, 9:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo51 min
Jun 6, 1:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller23 min
Jun 6, 1:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBTeller3 hr
Jun 6, 1:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla30 min
Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller35 min
Jun 6, 1:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa48 min
Jun 6, 2:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers19 min
Jun 6, 2:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa33 min
Jun 6, 2:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 min
Jun 6, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso33 min
Jun 6, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers45 min
Jun 6, 3:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Saguache3 hr
Jun 6, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso51 min
Jun 6, 3:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 6, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo41 min
Jun 6, 3:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers3 hr
Jun 6, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo52 min
Jun 6, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano50 min
Jun 6, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers47 min
Jun 6, 4:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Las Animas3 hr
Jun 6, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo23 min
Jun 6, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo24 min
Jun 6, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo48 min
Jun 6, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca42 min
Jun 6, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa52 min
Jun 6, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas49 min
Jun 6, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley49 min
Jun 6, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa24 min
Jun 6, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.