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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2021Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 7:55 PM MDT for Baca 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 12, 2021, 7:55 PM MDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 35 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), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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 12, 2:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 245 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: 3697 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 18.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

685 
WUUS55 KPUB 130155
SVRPUB
COC009-130230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0156.210613T0155Z-210613T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
755 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 755 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
  Pritchett, or 16 miles southwest of Springfield, and is nearly
  stationary.

  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
  southwestern Baca County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3735 10287 3729 10265 3711 10269 3715 10293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 350DEG 1KT 3724 10283 

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

kam

1 follow-up statement

542 
WWUS55 KPUB 130211
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
811 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

COC009-130230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-210613T0230Z/
Baca CO-
811 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 811 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles south of
Pritchett, or 18 miles southwest of Springfield, moving south at 5
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.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3735 10287 3729 10265 3711 10269 3715 10293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 345DEG 6KT 3718 10281 

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

kam

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
Jun 12, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	36 min
Jun 12, 6:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	28 min
Jun 12, 6:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Las Animas	35 min
Jun 12, 6:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	38 min
Jun 12, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	45 min
Jun 12, 6:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Las Animas	6 min
Jun 12, 7:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	50 min
Jun 12, 7:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	49 min
Jun 12, 7:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	32 min
Jun 12, 8:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	49 min
Jun 13, 12:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	23 min
Jun 13, 1:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	8 min
Jun 13, 1:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 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.