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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 20, 2008El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2008, 9:34 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2008, 9:34 PM MDT (03:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2008, 10:08 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 20, 9:40 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Woodland Park, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 515 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 210334
SVRPUB
COC041-119-210430-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0083.080621T0334Z-080621T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
934 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
  WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
  THIS INCLUDES WEST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT...

* AT 929 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WOODLAND PARK...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...
  AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK.
  CRYSTOLA.
  GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS.
  CHIPITA PARK.
  PIKES PEAK.
  CASCADE.
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS.
  MANITOU 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 3914 10518 3914 10512 3896 10480 3879 10497
      3902 10531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 310DEG 27KT 3902 10510

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 210349
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
949 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

COC041-119-210430-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-080621T0430Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
948 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO AND NORTHERN TELLER COUNTIES...

AT 943 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR WOODLAND PARK...OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST
AT 31 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PIKES PEAK.
  CASCADE.
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS.
  MANITOU SPRINGS.

AT 940 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTERS SAW PENNY SIZED HAIL IN 
DOWNTOWN WOODLAND PARK.

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 3914 10518 3914 10512 3896 10480 3879 10497
      3902 10531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 309DEG 27KT 3896 10500

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 210402
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1002 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

COC119-210412-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-080621T0430Z/
TELLER CO-
1002 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN
TELLER COUNTY...

HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3901 10490 3896 10480 3891 10485 3890 10486
      3889 10487 3882 10495 3890 10500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 309DEG 27KT 3888 10487

$$

COC041-210430-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-080621T0430Z/
EL PASO CO-
1002 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 957 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR
MANITOU SPRINGS...OR 6 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 31 MPH.

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 10490 3896 10480 3891 10485 3890 10486
      3889 10487 3882 10495 3890 10500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 309DEG 27KT 3888 10487

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 210408
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1008 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

COC041-210417-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-080621T0430Z/
EL PASO CO-
1007 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

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

HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3901 10490 3896 10480 3891 10485 3890 10486
      3889 10487 3882 10495 3890 10500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 309DEG 27KT 3886 10483

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 20, 3:14 PM MDT, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:14 PM MDT, 6 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
314 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

.SHORT TERM...
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)

SEVERE WEATHER UNDERWAY.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 584 IN EFFECT
UNTIL 01Z FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. CAPE OF 1-2K J/KG ALONG
WITH SHEAR OF 40-50 KTS WILL PERMIT DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW
SUPERCELLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVE. LARGE HAIL AND LIGHTNING WILL
BE PRIMARY THREATS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER
STORMS.

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE PLAINS TOMORROW BUT
SHOULD BE LESS ACTIVE THAN TODAY.

.LONG TERM...
(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)

WILL HAVE TO BRIEF DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE WX. UPPER RIDGE WILL SLIDE
OVR CNTRL CO ON SUNDAY...AND CONVECTION WILL BE MORE SUPPRESSED OVR THE
ERN PLAINS. SVR THREAT SHOULD BE MINIMAL. MTS WILL BEGIN TO SEE A
LITTLE MORE CONVECTION AS THE RIDGE MOVES EWD. MON THROUGH WED...MOISTURE
LOOKS TO SNEAK BACK INTO ERN CO...WITH THE DRYLINE FLIRTING WITH THE
ERN ZONES. UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS A BIT WITH MINOR SHORTWAVES MOVING
THROUGH. MODELS HINT AT POSSIBLE MCS DEVELOPMENT OVR THE PLAINS EACH
EVENING...ESPECIALLY MON NIGHT. SCT POPS LOOK APPROPRIATE...WITH HYR
POPS SHIFTING TO THE ERN ZONES TOWARD KS IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THE UPPER RIDGE REDEVELOPS WED THROUGH FRI WITH NO REAL FORCING
MECHANISM TO ASSIST CONVECTION. SO...LOW GRADE OR ISOLD POPS LOOK
GOOD WITH DIURNAL STORM DEVELOPMENT OVR THE HYR TRRN EACH AFTERNOON.
HAVE CUT BACK POPS OVR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...WHERE CLIMO IS AROUND
10 PERCENT...BASED ON PERSISTENCE AND EXPECTED DRY PATTERN. ROSE

&&

.AVIATION...
SEVERE WEATHER AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AND AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON ALL AREAS...BUT ESPECIALLY FROM THE
SANGRE DE CRISTOS EASTWARD. LW

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

50/44

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 1:17 PM MDT, 8 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
117 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

COZ058>089-093>099-211930-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
117 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ALONG
AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE HAIL UP TO
3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS.

FARTHER WEST OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS...ONLY ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING THE MAIN THREATS. LITTLE OR
NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. ONE OR TWO STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COLORADO KANSAS
BORDER. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING
WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND HIGH VALLEYS EACH DAY WHERE THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE WIND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND ADJACENT MOUNTAIN AREAS THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:34 PM MDT, 6 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
334 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     HAIL             5 S SHERIDAN LAKE       38.39N 102.29W
06/20/2008  M1.00 INCH       KIOWA              CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND GUST. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF HAIL
            ACCUMULATION ON HWY 385.

&&

MN

Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:57 PM MDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
357 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0356 PM     HAIL             HOLLY                   38.06N 102.12W
06/20/2008  M0.75 INCH       PROWERS            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MN

Local storm report, Jun 20, 4:04 PM MDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
404 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0402 PM     HAIL             HOLLY                   38.06N 102.12W
06/20/2008  M0.88 INCH       PROWERS            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MN

Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
600 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     HAIL             1 WSW COLORADO CITY     37.94N 104.86W
06/20/2008  M0.75 INCH       PUEBLO             CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MN

Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
728 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0728 PM     HAIL             5 NE COLORADO SPRINGS   38.89N 104.76W
06/20/2008  M0.88 INCH       EL PASO            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MN

Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:34 PM MDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
734 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0728 PM     HAIL             FOUNTAIN                38.68N 104.70W
06/20/2008  M0.88 INCH       EL PASO            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 7:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Jun 20, 10:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	55 min
Jun 21, 12:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	49 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.