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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 28, 2015El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2015, 8:00 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min. 3 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 28, 2015, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2015, 8:25 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 8:09 PM MDTHAIL 13 Ne Black Forest, CO
Jun 28, 8:13 PM MDTHAIL 11 N Black Forest, CO
Jun 28, 8:22 PM MDTHAIL 0.753 E Black Forest, 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2015-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 472 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
472 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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.

362 
WUUS55 KPUB 290200
SVRPUB
COC041-290245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0182.150629T0200Z-150629T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
800 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 759 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF ELBERT...OR 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLACK FOREST AND PEYTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3895 10427 3880 10456 3913 10477 3913 10441
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 327DEG 18KT 3915 10464 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TLM
2 follow-up statements
586 
WWUS55 KPUB 290215
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
815 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2015

COC041-290245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-150629T0245Z/
EL PASO CO-
815 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 814 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF 
PEYTON...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FALCON AND PEYTON. 

AT 810 PM MDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A TRAINED WEATHER 
SPOTTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3895 10427 3880 10456 3913 10477 3913 10441
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 327DEG 18KT 3909 10459 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TLM
565 
WWUS55 KPUB 290225
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
825 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2015

COC041-290234-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-150629T0245Z/
EL PASO CO-
825 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3895 10427 3880 10456 3913 10477 3913 10441
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 327DEG 18KT 3905 10455 

$$

TLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Jun 28, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso35 min
Jun 28, 6:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso119 min
Jun 28, 7:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 min
Jun 28, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso20 min
Jun 29, 10:09 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBPueblo7 days
Jun 29, 10:09 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBOtero8 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.