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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 8, 2016Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 3:17 AM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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
Jul 8, 2016, 3:17 AM MDT (09:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 3:45 AM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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
Jul 8, 3:40 AM MDTHAIL 1.751 W Pueblo, CO.
Jul 8, 3:53 AM MDTHAIL 1.752 Sse Pueblo, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 324 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 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

985 
WUUS55 KPUB 080917
SVRPUB
COC101-080945-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0145.160708T0917Z-160708T0945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
317 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 AM MDT

* AT 316 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN
  PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PUEBLO...SALT CREEK...BLENDE...PUEBLO WEST...
  AVONDALE AND PUEBLO DEPOT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3819 10468 3836 10475 3845 10443 3824 10433
TIME...MOT...LOC 0916Z 248DEG 13KT 3831 10462 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

EP
1 follow-up statement
204 
WWUS55 KPUB 080929
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
329 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

COC101-080945-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-160708T0945Z/
PUEBLO CO-
329 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...

AT 329 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN
PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PUEBLO...SALT CREEK...BLENDE...PUEBLO WEST...
AVONDALE AND PUEBLO DEPOT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3819 10468 3836 10475 3845 10443 3824 10433
TIME...MOT...LOC 0929Z 247DEG 8KT 3832 10458 

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

EP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo24 min
Jul 7, 7:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso38 min
Jul 7, 8:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Jul 7, 8:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso42 min
Jul 7, 8:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa25 min
Jul 7, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa46 min
Jul 7, 8:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso40 min
Jul 7, 8:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso66 min
Jul 7, 9:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa38 min
Jul 7, 9:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso49 min
Jul 7, 9:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 7, 10:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso41 min
Jul 7, 10:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso26 min
Jul 7, 11:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso43 min
Jul 7, 11:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 7, 11:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso44 min
Jul 8, 12:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa59 min
Jul 8, 1:12 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa48 min
Jul 8, 1:55 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers65 min
Jul 8, 2:25 AM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers35 min
Jul 8, 2:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso45 min
Jul 8, 2:50 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo40 min
Jul 8, 2:54 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers51 min
Jul 8, 3:00 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso30 min
Jul 8, 3:37 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso113 min
Jul 8, 3:39 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBPueblo2 hr
Jul 8, 3:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo33 min
Jul 8, 3:46 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers14 min
Jul 8, 3:57 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso33 min
Jul 8, 4:08 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo19 min
Jul 8, 4:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo50 min
Jul 8, 4:46 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo44 min
Jul 8, 4:57 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero33 min
Jul 8, 4:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo31 min
Jul 8, 5:25 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa, Otero50 min
Jul 8, 5:28 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo47 min
Jul 8, 5:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo29 min
Jul 8, 5:41 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBPueblo64 min
Jul 8, 5:54 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo36 min
Jul 8, 7:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
Jul 8, 12:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo83 min
Jul 8, 12:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano95 min
Jul 8, 12:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso89 min
Jul 8, 1:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas43 min
Jul 8, 2:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas48 min
Jul 8, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas30 min
Jul 8, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas26 min
Jul 8, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller24 min
Jul 8, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller61 min
Jul 8, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller39 min
Jul 8, 3:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont53 min
Jul 8, 4:03 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso42 min
Jul 8, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo28 min
Jul 8, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso36 min
Jul 8, 4:44 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 8, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo20 min
Jul 8, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso51 min
Jul 8, 5:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo31 min
Jul 8, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo29 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.