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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Pueblo, CO

October 12, 2021Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2021, 5:26 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 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: Oct 12, 2021, 5:26 PM MDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Oct 12, 2021, 6:17 PM MDT
In force: 51 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), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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
Oct 12, 2:46 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 241 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 399 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 416 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

973 
WUUS55 KPUB 122326
SVRPUB
COC009-130030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0290.211012T2326Z-211013T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
526 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 630 PM MDT.

* At 525 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Springfield to 9 miles southwest of Campo,
  moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Springfield around 530 PM MDT.
  Campo around 545 PM MDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Two
Buttes, Two Buttes Reservoir and Vilas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10279 3742 10277 3764 10263 3764 10227
      3699 10224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 215DEG 22KT 3742 10268 3703 10273 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Cohen

2 follow-up statements

704 
WWUS55 KPUB 122359
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
559 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

COC009-130030-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-211013T0030Z/
Baca CO-
559 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN BACA COUNTY...

At 559 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Two Buttes to 12 miles east of Campo, moving
northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
eastern Baca County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3704 10248 3764 10248 3764 10227 3704 10224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 242DEG 34KT 3763 10236 3712 10236 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Cohen

239 
WWUS55 KPUB 130017
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
617 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

COC009-130027-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-211013T0030Z/
Baca CO-
617 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BACA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for southeastern
Colorado.

LAT...LON 3704 10248 3764 10248 3764 10227 3704 10224
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 215DEG 22KT 3772 10228 3721 10228 

$$

Cohen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 5:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	27 min
Oct 12, 5:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	11 min
Oct 12, 5:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	66 min
Oct 12, 5:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	29 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.