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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 16, 2006El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2006, 1:43 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 16, 2006, 1:43 PM MDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2006, 2:13 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 161944
SVRPUB
COC041-162045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0049.060616T1943Z-060616T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
143 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS...

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

* AT 139 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLORADO SPRINGS.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 3901 10486 3884 10492 3873 10456 3896 10449

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 162002
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
201 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

COC041-162045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060616T2045Z/
EL PASO CO-
201 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 156 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...
OR ABOUT OVER COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.
  ELLICOTT.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3901 10478 3881 10486 3869 10442 3891 10435

$$
000 
WWUS55 KPUB 162013
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
213 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

COC041-162023-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060616T2045Z/
EL PASO CO-
213 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL EL
PASO COUNTY...

THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING
MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3899 10468 3878 10478 3867 10436 3889 10428

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers41 min
Jun 15, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers32 min
Jun 16, 11:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas66 min
Jun 16, 12:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent58 min
Jun 16, 12:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca62 min
Jun 16, 12:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers53 min
Jun 16, 1:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa58 min
Jun 16, 1:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.