Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2015, 11:23 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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 4, 2015, 11:23 PM MDT (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2015, 12:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 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 4, 11:29 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Wnw Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Jun 5, 12:24 AM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nne Security, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 945 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2145 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
556 WUUS55 KPUB 050523 SVRPUB COC041-119-050615- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0101.150605T0523Z-150605T0615Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1123 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 1215 AM MDT * AT 1122 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... MANITOU SPRINGS...BLACK FOREST...FORT CARSON...CIMARRON HILLS... STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB...GLENEAGLE...SECURITY AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3866 10476 3869 10498 3911 10494 3907 10460 TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 189DEG 19KT 3884 10483 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ KT
4 follow-up statements
427 WWUS55 KPUB 050531 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1131 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 COC041-119-050615- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150605T0615Z/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 1131 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN TELLER AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES... AT 1130 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 1129 PM...HAIL 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED 2 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS...BLACK FOREST...FORT CARSON...CIMARRON HILLS...STRATMOOR... PETERSON AFB...GLENEAGLE...SECURITY AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3866 10476 3869 10498 3911 10494 3907 10460 TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 179DEG 13KT 3887 10484 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ KT
475 WWUS55 KPUB 050544 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1144 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 COC041-119-050615- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150605T0615Z/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 1144 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN TELLER AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES... AT 1143 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MANITOU SPRINGS AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS...BLACK FOREST...FORT CARSON...CIMARRON HILLS...STRATMOOR... PETERSON AFB...GLENEAGLE...SECURITY AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3866 10476 3869 10498 3911 10494 3907 10460 TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 196DEG 9KT 3889 10484 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ KT
913 WWUS55 KPUB 050555 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1155 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 COC041-119-050615- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150605T0615Z/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 1155 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN TELLER AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES... AT 1154 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GLENEAGLE... OR 14 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MANITOU SPRINGS. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS...BLACK FOREST...FORT CARSON...CIMARRON HILLS...STRATMOOR... PETERSON AFB...GLENEAGLE...SECURITY AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3866 10476 3869 10498 3911 10494 3907 10460 TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 195DEG 20KT 3904 10478 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ KT
310 WWUS55 KPUB 050605 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1205 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015 COC041-119-050615- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150605T0615Z/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 1205 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM MDT FOR EASTERN TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES... AT 1205 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FORT CARSON...OR NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS...BLACK FOREST...FORT CARSON...CIMARRON HILLS...STRATMOOR... PETERSON AFB...GLENEAGLE...SECURITY AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3868 10475 3871 10496 3911 10494 3907 10460 TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 223DEG 13KT 3875 10481 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 21 min |
| Jun 4, 7:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 20 min |
| Jun 5, 12:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 12:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 2:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 2:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 2:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Otero | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 59 min | |
| Jun 5, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 63 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.