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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2010, 7:36 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2010, 7:36 PM MDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2010, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:13 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 11, 2:29 PM MDT, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:29 PM MDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 229 PM MDT FRI JUN 11 2010 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY) ...MAIN CONCERNS IS SVR ALL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON/EVE AND SVR POSSIBLY EXTREME SE CORNER TOMORROW... CURRENTLY... AS OF 1 PM...ATMOS OVER REGION CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE AS 1000-2000 J/KG IS NOTED OVER THE REGION PER SPC MESO PAGE. DEEP SHEAR OF 40-50 KNOTS ALSO NOTED. TSRA IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TRRN. CI FROM CB/S CAN BE OBSERVED RACING OFF TO THE NE. THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... SHORT RANGE GUIDANCE...HRRR INDICATES STORMS SHOULD FIRE OVER THE WETS AND THEN MOVE NE. STORMS WILL LIKELY FORM OVER THE PP REGION AND ALSO MOVE OVER THE PALMER. GIVEN THE CAPE AND SHEAR STORMS WILL BECOME SVR WITHIN 1/2 TO 1 HOUR OF INITIATION. BASED ON LATEST SIMULATIONS...LLVL WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TOWARDS 00Z AND AS THE STORMS MOVE FARTHER ONTO THE PLAINS THE TOR THREAT WILL INCREASE. SVR THREAT WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING OVER THE REGION AS ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE STABLE. HOWEVER WITH APPROACHING LARGE CLOSED LOW TO THE WEST AND INCREASING DEEP UPSLOPE...PRECIP WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE REGION...ESPECIALLY THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND C MTNS. TEMPS TONIGHT WILL GET TO FREEZING GENERALLY ABOVE 12000 FEET AND WE WILL SEE A COUPLE/FEW INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS. TOMORROW... MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE FAR SE PLAINS. SIMULATIONS ARE SHOWING SOME INSTABILITY THIS REGION AS THE SFC LOW SETS UP OVER FAR NE NEW MEXICO. GIVEN THE STRONG SHEAR THAT WILL BE IN PLACE...IF STORMS CAN GET GOING THEY WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. SPC HAS THE FAR SE REGION IN SLIGHT RISK. OTHERWISE...BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP TOMORROW WILL BE OVER THE GREATER PIKES PEAK REGION AND C MTNS REGION AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SLOWLY PROGRESS EASTWARD. EXPECT GENERALLY CLOUDS SKIES OVER THE REGION WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...50S AND 60S...MOST OF PLAINS...EXCEPT SE WHERE TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 70S TO AROUND 80F. SAN LUIS VALLEY MAY REMAIN DRY AND WARM WITH THIS SYSTEM AS THIS REGION WILL LIKELY BE DRY SLOTTED. /HODANISH .LONG TERM... (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE EXTENDED BEFORE DIFFERENCES ARISE BY MIDWEEK. THE UPPER LOW OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL KEEP UNSETTLED WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A STRONG WAVE WILL ROTATE ACROSS COLORADO AROUND THE UPPER LOW ON SUNDAY WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. NOT ANTICIPATING ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF SEVERE WEATHER EXCEPT FOR OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS WHERE ONE OR TWO STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. COOLER WEATHER WILL SPREAD SOUTH OVER EASTERN COLORADO BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH HIGHS ONLY TOPPING OUT IN THE LOWER 70S. 700 MB TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR 3C BY SUNDAY EVENING WITH SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO 10 KFT. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE HIGH PEAKS OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER LOW SPLITS BY MONDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST ENERGY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AND A WEAKER TROUGH TRAILING INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL WARM SLIGHTLY INTO UPPER 70S FOR MONDAY. MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE HEADING INTO TUESDAY. THE GFS BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED DEVELOPING AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS AND RIDGE BUILDING IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE ECMWF REMAINS LESS AMPLIFIED WITH A MORE ZONAL FLOW REGIME OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. MAINTAINED THE CURRENT FORECAST WHICH FOLLOWS THE GFS WITH WARMER WEATHER AND CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HIGHS WILL GRADUALLY WARM INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. MOZLEY && .AVIATION... KCOS WILL BE HIGHLY IMPACTED FROM THIS EVENT. TSRA...SOME STRONG TO SVR...COULD AFFECT THE AERODROME SITE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. EXPECT AT LEAST MVFR CONDITIONS TO AFFECT THE SITE FROM AROUND 06Z THROUGH 15Z TOMORROW DUE TO LOW CIGS AND SHRA/ISOLD TSRA. LOWER CIGS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW...HOWEVER THUNDER THREAT WILL BE VERY ISOLATED AND WILL NOT BE STRONG. KPUB...COULD SEE STRONG TO SVR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MVFR CIGS LIKELY LATER TONIGHT AFTER 07Z LASTING INTO MID MORNING. LOW CLOUDS TOMORROW LIKELY BUT SHOULD BE ABOVE 3 KFT. SHOWERS AND ISOLD WEAK THUNDER LIKELY TOMORROW. KALS...GENERALLY DRY WITH ISOLD TSRA...ESPECIALLY TOMORROW. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 34/88
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 7:02 AM MDT, 12 hours 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:36 PM MDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
536 PM MDT FRI JUN 11 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM HAIL 3 N PEYTON 39.08N 104.48W
06/11/2010 M1.25 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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JCERULocal storm report, Jun 11, 5:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
537 PM MDT FRI JUN 11 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0521 PM HAIL ROCKY FORD 38.05N 103.72W
06/11/2010 M1.00 INCH OTERO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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JKHLocal storm report, Jun 11, 5:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
540 PM MDT FRI JUN 11 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HAIL 4 NNE COLORADO SPRINGS 38.89N 104.80W
06/11/2010 E0.50 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
STARTED AT 533 PM
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KMOZLEYLocal storm report, Jun 11, 5:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 11, 6:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 6:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers | 96 min |
| Jun 11, 7:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 10:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 10:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 11:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 4:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 22 min |
| Jun 12, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.