Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 19, 2018Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2018, 2:27 PM MDT for Baca 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: Jun 19, 2018, 2:27 PM MDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2018, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 33 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), 209 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 19, 12:25 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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-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: 1192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

523 
WUUS55 KPUB 192027
SVRPUB
COC009-192100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0064.180619T2027Z-180619T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
227 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 2018

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 300 PM MDT.

* At 227 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles north of
  Keyes, or 22 miles west of Elkhart, moving northeast 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Baca County.

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.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

LAT...LON 3699 10215 3700 10248 3735 10205 3705 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 229DEG 19KT 3704 10229 

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

KTS

3 follow-up statements

892 
WWUS55 KPUB 192041
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
241 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 2018

COC009-192100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-180619T2100Z/
Baca CO-
241 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 241 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles south of
Stonington, or 20 miles west of Elkhart, moving northeast 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Baca County.

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.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

LAT...LON 3699 10215 3700 10248 3731 10205 3705 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 240DEG 19KT 3706 10226 

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

KTS

280 
WWUS55 KPUB 192052
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
252 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 2018

COC009-192100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-180619T2100Z/
Baca CO-
252 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 251 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles south of
Stonington, or 18 miles west of Elkhart, moving northeast 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Baca County.

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.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

LAT...LON 3699 10215 3700 10248 3731 10205 3705 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 234DEG 22KT 3709 10221 

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

KTS

229 
WWUS55 KPUB 192057
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
257 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 2018

COC009-192106-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-180619T2100Z/
Baca CO-
257 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 300 PM MDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

LAT...LON 3699 10215 3700 10248 3731 10205 3705 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 229DEG 19KT 3710 10220 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	26 min
Jun 19, 2:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	47 min
Jun 19, 2:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	49 min
Jun 19, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	43 min
Jun 19, 3:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	9 min
Jun 19, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	39 min
Jun 19, 4:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	38 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	30 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 19, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	42 min
Jun 19, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	33 min
Jun 19, 4:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	45 min
Jun 19, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	23 min
Jun 19, 5:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	36 min
Jun 19, 5:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	50 min
Jun 19, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jun 19, 5:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	43 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	18 min

Nearby

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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.