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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 1, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2016, 5:30 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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
Jul 1, 2016, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2016, 5:57 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2016-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 2016-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

186 
WUUS55 KPUB 012330
SVRPUB
COC041-020030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0124.160701T2330Z-160702T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
530 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 530 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHRIEVER
  AFB...OR 17 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  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...
  CALHAN...RAMAH...ELLICOTT AND PEYTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3903 10406 3877 10448 3890 10464 3913 10438
      3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 226DEG 20KT 3889 10450 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HODANISH
2 follow-up statements
586 
WWUS55 KPUB 012340
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
540 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016

COC041-020030-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-160702T0030Z/
EL PASO CO-
540 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 540 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLICOTT...OR
21 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALHAN...RAMAH AND PEYTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3903 10406 3885 10443 3893 10461 3913 10438
      3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 226DEG 20KT 3893 10445 

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

HODANISH
066 
WWUS55 KPUB 012357
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
557 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016

COC041-020007-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-160702T0030Z/
EL PASO CO-
557 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...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 3903 10406 3885 10443 3893 10461 3913 10438
      3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 226DEG 20KT 3900 10436 

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso115 min
Jun 30, 8:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBaca, Prowers111 min
Jul 1, 9:47 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBBent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more14 hr
Jul 1, 2:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas36 min
Jul 1, 2:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo52 min
Jul 1, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo35 min
Jul 1, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas46 min
Jul 1, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo38 min
Jul 1, 3:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Pueblo115 min
Jul 1, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo38 min
Jul 1, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent33 min
Jul 1, 4:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo12 min
Jul 1, 4:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent51 min
Jul 1, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero40 min
Jul 1, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont47 min
Jul 1, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso41 min
Jul 1, 4:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 1, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent46 min
Jul 1, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso43 min
Jul 1, 5:10 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBBent3 hr
Jul 1, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa32 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent31 min
Jul 1, 5:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent54 min
Jul 1, 5:26 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent34 min
Jul 1, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Prowers34 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.