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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 22, 2019Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2019, 7:40 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 22, 2019, 7:40 PM MDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2019, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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 22, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 277 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: 118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

472 
WUUS55 KPUB 230140
SVRPUB
COC009-071-230215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0113.190623T0140Z-190623T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
740 PM MDT Sat Jun 22 2019

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
  East central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 740 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Kim, or 44 miles south of North La Junta, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
  Kim.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3722 10350 3745 10358 3761 10302 3729 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 256DEG 23KT 3734 10344 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements

883 
WWUS55 KPUB 230158
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
758 PM MDT Sat Jun 22 2019

COC009-071-230215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-190623T0215Z/
Baca CO-Las Animas CO-
758 PM MDT Sat Jun 22 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA AND EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...

At 758 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
Kim, or 37 miles west of Springfield, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch 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...
Kim.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3723 10339 3748 10349 3761 10302 3729 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 256DEG 23KT 3737 10329 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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132 
WWUS55 KPUB 230205
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
805 PM MDT Sat Jun 22 2019

COC009-071-230215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-190623T0215Z/
Baca CO-Las Animas CO-
805 PM MDT Sat Jun 22 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA AND EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...

At 805 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast
of Kim, or 34 miles west of Springfield, and is nearly stationary.

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...
Kim.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3723 10339 3748 10349 3761 10302 3729 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 225DEG 0KT 3738 10325 

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	40 min
Jun 22, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	52 min
Jun 22, 6:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	49 min
Jun 22, 7:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	24 min
Jun 22, 7:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
Jun 22, 7:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero	33 min
Jun 22, 8:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		44 min
Jun 22, 8:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	30 min
Jun 22, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	28 min
Jun 22, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Prowers	32 min
Jun 22, 8:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	44 min
Jun 22, 9:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	24 min
Jun 22, 9:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	23 min
Jun 22, 9:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	33 min
Jun 22, 9:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	43 min
Jun 22, 9:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	35 min
Jun 22, 10:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	32 min
Jun 23, 4:54 AM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache	26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.