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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 25, 2014Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2014, 8:43 PM MDT for Prowers 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 25, 2014, 8:43 PM MDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2014, 9:17 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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 25, 8:44 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	5 W Bristol, CO

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

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 25, 2:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

828 
WUUS55 KPUB 260243
SVRPUB
COC099-260330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0101.140626T0243Z-140626T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
843 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT

* AT 842 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRISTOL...OR
  12 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAMAR AND GRANADA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3823 10230 3808 10229 3797 10233 3787 10270
      3821 10270
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 055DEG 11KT 3812 10240 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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3 follow-up statements

934 
WWUS55 KPUB 260256
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
856 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

COC099-260330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140626T0330Z/
PROWERS CO-
856 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY...

AT 856 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GRANADA...OR
15 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRANADA AND BRISTOL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3823 10230 3808 10229 3797 10233 3787 10270
      3821 10270
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 310DEG 13KT 3809 10234 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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366 
WWUS55 KPUB 260307
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
907 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

COC099-260330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140626T0330Z/
PROWERS CO-
907 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...

AT 907 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GRANADA...OR
15 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRANADA AND BRISTOL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3823 10230 3808 10229 3797 10233 3790 10258
      3822 10258
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 317DEG 8KT 3807 10233 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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524 
WWUS55 KPUB 260317
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
917 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

COC099-260327-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140626T0330Z/
PROWERS CO-
917 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED... 
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3823 10230 3808 10229 3797 10233 3790 10258
      3822 10258
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 055DEG 11KT 3805 10236 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 6:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	34 min
Jun 25, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	29 min
Jun 25, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	29 min
Jun 25, 7:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	49 min
Jun 25, 7:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	38 min
Jun 25, 7:39 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	36 min
Jun 25, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	45 min
Jun 25, 8:13 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	32 min
Jun 26, 1:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	30 min
Jun 26, 2:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.