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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 25, 2019Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2019, 2:59 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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: May 25, 2019, 2:59 PM MDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2019, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 31 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), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 3:34 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	1 Nnw Walsh, CO	FROM EM NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND MINOR STREET FLOODING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 2:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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: 1368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

427 
WUUS55 KPUB 252059
SVRPUB
COC009-252130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.190525T2059Z-190525T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
259 PM MDT Sat May 25 2019

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 330 PM MDT.

* At 257 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Vilas, or 13 miles southeast of Springfield, moving northeast at 
  20 mph. There was 1 inch hail reported 5 miles north-northeast of 
  Campo at 2:39PM MDT, meaning the storm has a history of large hail.

  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...
  Walsh, Vilas and Stonington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3713 10243 3723 10261 3751 10246 3734 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 217DEG 19KT 3725 10247 

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

KTS

3 follow-up statements

365 
WWUS55 KPUB 252111
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
311 PM MDT Sat May 25 2019

COC009-252130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190525T2130Z/
Baca CO-
311 PM MDT Sat May 25 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 310 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vilas, or 13
miles southeast of Springfield, moving northeast at 20 mph.

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...
Walsh, Vilas and Stonington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 10239 3729 10250 3751 10246 3734 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 222DEG 18KT 3730 10241 

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

KTS

297 
WWUS55 KPUB 252121
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
321 PM MDT Sat May 25 2019

COC009-252130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190525T2130Z/
Baca CO-
321 PM MDT Sat May 25 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 321 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Walsh, or 16 
miles east of Springfield, moving northeast at 25 mph. There was 1 
inch hail reported 5 miles north-northeast of Campo at 2:39PM MDT, 
meaning the storm has a history of large hail.

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...
Walsh, Vilas and Stonington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3722 10234 3731 10247 3751 10246 3734 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 230DEG 20KT 3733 10233 

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

KTS

462 
WWUS55 KPUB 252128
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
328 PM MDT Sat May 25 2019

COC009-252137-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190525T2130Z/
Baca CO-
328 PM MDT Sat May 25 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 330 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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3722 10234 3731 10247 3751 10246 3734 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 216DEG 15KT 3734 10229 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 2:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	44 min
May 25, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	52 min
May 25, 2:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	32 min
May 25, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	44 min
May 25, 3:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	42 min
May 25, 3:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	48 min
May 25, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	32 min
May 25, 3:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	38 min
May 25, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.