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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2021Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 7:58 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 7:58 PM MDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 258 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3697 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

416 
WUUS55 KPUB 130158
SVRPUB
COC009-071-130230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0157.210613T0158Z-210613T0230Z/

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

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 830 PM MDT.

* At 757 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles east of
  Kim, or 30 miles west 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Kim.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3715 10295 3723 10336 3745 10323 3736 10287
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 206DEG 4KT 3729 10315 

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

kam
1 follow-up statement
228 
WWUS55 KPUB 130210
SVSPUB

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

COC009-071-130230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-210613T0230Z/
Baca CO-Las Animas CO-
810 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA AND EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...

At 810 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles east of
Kim, or 29 miles west 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.

Locations impacted include...
Kim.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3715 10295 3723 10336 3745 10323 3736 10287
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 206DEG 4KT 3730 10314 

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

kam

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas29 min
Jun 12, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero36 min
Jun 12, 6:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero, Pueblo28 min
Jun 12, 6:25 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas35 min
Jun 12, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero, Pueblo38 min
Jun 12, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas45 min
Jun 12, 6:59 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas6 min
Jun 12, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas50 min
Jun 12, 7:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca49 min
Jun 12, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca35 min
Jun 12, 8:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas49 min
Jun 13, 12:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBDouglas23 min
Jun 13, 1:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso8 min
Jun 13, 1:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso25 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.