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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 12, 2024Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2024, 6:16 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 12, 2024, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2024, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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 nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 271 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 2024-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 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 2024-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

243 
WUUS55 KPUB 130016
SVRPUB
COC009-071-130100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0252.240813T0016Z-240813T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
616 PM MDT Mon Aug 12 2024

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
  East central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 616 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast
  of Kim, or 35 miles west of Springfield, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 10339 3750 10338 3758 10291 3724 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 258DEG 17KT 3739 10326 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MG
2 follow-up statements
907 
WWUS55 KPUB 130022
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
622 PM MDT Mon Aug 12 2024

COC009-071-130100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-240813T0100Z/
Baca CO-Las Animas CO-
622 PM MDT Mon Aug 12 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA AND EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...

At 622 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northeast
of Kim, or 33 miles west of Springfield, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 10339 3750 10338 3758 10291 3724 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 258DEG 17KT 3740 10323 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MG
153 
WWUS55 KPUB 130054
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
654 PM MDT Mon Aug 12 2024

COC009-071-130104-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-240813T0100Z/
Baca CO-Las Animas CO-
654 PM MDT Mon Aug 12 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA AND EAST
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 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.  However, small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 10339 3750 10338 3758 10291 3724 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 258DEG 17KT 3743 10305 

$$

MG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 6:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso33 min
Aug 12, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers45 min
Aug 12, 6:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley33 min
Aug 12, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 min
Aug 12, 6:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca64 min
Aug 12, 6:59 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBaca, Las Animas2 hr
Aug 12, 9:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa32 min
Aug 12, 10:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa43 min
Aug 12, 10:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa40 min
Aug 13, 1:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas25 min
Aug 13, 2:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas43 min
Aug 13, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa41 min
Aug 13, 2:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo33 min
Aug 13, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo38 min
Aug 13, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo41 min
Aug 13, 4:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero53 min
Aug 13, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero43 min
Aug 13, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers38 min
Aug 13, 4:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso48 min
Aug 13, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers33 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.