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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 24, 2015Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2015, 5:10 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 24, 2015, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2015, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
35 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), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 12:00Z on 2015-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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.

520 
WUUS55 KPUB 242310
SVRPUB
COC101-242345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0166.150624T2310Z-150624T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
510 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 509 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PUEBLO
  RESERVOIR...OR 12 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 
  MPH. ANOTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER PUEBLO. IT 
  WAS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...BLENDE...SALT CREEK...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 3823 10491 3838 10490 3831 10448 3814 10450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 305DEG 10KT 3832 10484 

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

HODANISH
2 follow-up statements
653 
WWUS55 KPUB 242329
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
529 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2015

COC101-242345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-150624T2345Z/
PUEBLO CO-
529 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...

AT 528 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN 
PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF PUEBLO WEST.

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...BLENDE...SALT CREEK...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 3823 10491 3838 10490 3831 10448 3814 10450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 225DEG 9KT 3826 10458 

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

HODANISH
850 
WWUS55 KPUB 242343
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
543 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2015

COC101-242353-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-150624T2345Z/
PUEBLO CO-
543 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN 
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUEBLO WEST AND PUEBLO.

LAT...LON 3823 10491 3838 10490 3831 10448 3814 10450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 305DEG 10KT 3826 10458 

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 6:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso67 min
Jun 23, 6:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso63 min
Jun 23, 6:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso63 min
Jun 23, 6:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo63 min
Jun 23, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley60 min
Jun 23, 9:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso58 min
Jun 24, 1:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 min
Jun 24, 2:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller38 min
Jun 24, 2:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 24, 3:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont41 min
Jun 24, 3:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBChaffee3 hr
Jun 24, 3:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont39 min
Jun 24, 4:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo36 min
Jun 24, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo48 min
Jun 24, 4:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBPueblo3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.