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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 19, 2021Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 7:23 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 67 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, 2021, 7:23 PM MDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 19, 1:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

474 
WUUS55 KPUB 200123
SVRPUB
COC009-200230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0170.210620T0123Z-210620T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
723 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 722 PM MDT, the leading edge of an area of winds to 60 mph was 
  located along a line extending from 12 miles west of Pritchett to 
  11 miles west of Two Buttes Reservoir, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Springfield, Walsh, Pritchett, Vilas, Two Buttes, Two Buttes
  Reservoir and Stonington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

These winds may occur without any lightning or rain, and are being 
produced by dissipating thunderstorm activity.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 10309 3745 10308 3765 10303 3764 10204
      3716 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 281DEG 19KT 3742 10308 3766 10280 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cohen/Hodanish
1 follow-up statement
389 
WWUS55 KPUB 200227
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
827 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021

COC009-200237-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-210620T0230Z/
Baca CO-
827 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BACA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830
PM MDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

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

LAT...LON 3721 10309 3745 10308 3765 10303 3764 10204
      3716 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 281DEG 19KT 3736 10267 3759 10239 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso27 min
Jun 19, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers74 min
Jun 19, 6:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso46 min
Jun 19, 6:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa, Prowers52 min
Jun 19, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers45 min
Jun 19, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso10 min
Jun 19, 7:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso24 min
Jun 19, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers74 min
Jun 19, 7:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers70 min
Jun 19, 8:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa, Prowers47 min
Jun 20, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso24 min
Jun 20, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso26 min
Jun 20, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso35 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.