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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
MG2 follow-up statements
907
WWUS55 KPUB 130022
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
622 PM MDT Mon Aug 12 2024
COC009-071-130100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-240813T0100Z/
Baca CO-Las Animas CO-
622 PM MDT Mon Aug 12 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA AND EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...
At 622 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northeast
of Kim, or 33 miles west of Springfield, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kim.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3721 10339 3750 10338 3758 10291 3724 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 258DEG 17KT 3740 10323
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
MG153 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 6:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 6:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 6:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 64 min |
| Aug 12, 6:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 10:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 10:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 2:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 41 min |
| Aug 13, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 41 min |
| Aug 13, 4:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 33 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.