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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 11, 2015Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2015, 6:24 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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 11, 2015, 6:24 PM MDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2015, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 12:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

094 
WUUS55 KPUB 120024
SVRPUB
COC101-120100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0147.150612T0024Z-150612T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
624 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 623 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PUEBLO RESERVOIR AND PUEBLO WEST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3808 10495 3819 10504 3825 10495 3833 10485
      3817 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 227DEG 9KT 3814 10494 

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

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3 follow-up statements
960 
WWUS55 KPUB 120031 RRA
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
631 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

COC101-120100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-150612T0100Z/
PUEBLO CO-
631 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...

AT 631 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...AND IS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PUEBLO RESERVOIR AND PUEBLO WEST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3809 10493 3819 10500 3825 10494 3833 10485
      3817 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 240DEG 4KT 3816 10491 

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

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460 
WWUS55 KPUB 120047
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
647 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

COC101-120100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-150612T0100Z/
PUEBLO CO-
647 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...

AT 647 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PUEBLO RESERVOIR AND PUEBLO WEST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3810 10490 3819 10496 3824 10493 3833 10485
      3817 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 227DEG 13KT 3818 10486 

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

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297 
WWUS55 KPUB 120107
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
707 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

COC101-120116-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-150612T0100Z/
PUEBLO CO-
707 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. 
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3810 10490 3819 10496 3824 10493 3833 10485
      3817 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 227DEG 9KT 3818 10486 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 6:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jun 11, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers33 min
Jun 11, 6:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo92 min
Jun 11, 6:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca41 min
Jun 11, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller40 min
Jun 11, 6:54 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers3 hr
Jun 11, 6:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller92 min
Jun 11, 7:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso116 min
Jun 11, 7:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca23 min
Jun 11, 7:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso116 min
Jun 11, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca44 min
Jun 11, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca29 min
Jun 11, 7:50 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca25 min
Jun 11, 8:11 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca34 min
Jun 11, 8:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas50 min
Jun 11, 8:43 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca32 min
Jun 11, 8:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa46 min
Jun 11, 9:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca24 min
Jun 11, 9:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca33 min
Jun 11, 9:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca14 min
Jun 11, 10:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont46 min
Jun 11, 10:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBFremont118 min
Jun 11, 11:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont45 min
Jun 12, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley39 min
Jun 12, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB39 min
Jun 12, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.