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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 8, 2016El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 3:06 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 8, 2016, 3:06 PM MDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1008 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 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
1008 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

099 
WUUS55 KPUB 082106
SVRPUB
COC041-119-082130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0159.160708T2106Z-160708T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 305 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  GREENLAND...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE
  ACADEMY...PALMER LAKE...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...BLACK FOREST...
  GLENEAGLE...CRYSTOLA...FALCON AND CHIPITA PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3893 10436 3893 10504 3913 10504 3913 10463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 335DEG 15KT 3914 10485 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

LW
1 follow-up statement
934 
WWUS55 KPUB 082116
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
316 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

COC041-119-082130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-160708T2130Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
316 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES...

AT 314 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED A LITTLE NORTH OF
MONUMENT...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...MONUMENT...
AIR FORCE ACADEMY...PALMER LAKE...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...
BLACK FOREST...GLENEAGLE...CRYSTOLA...FALCON AND CHIPITA PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3893 10436 3893 10504 3913 10504 3913 10463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 335DEG 15KT 3911 10483 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

LW

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, 3:17 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo28 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, 3:29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.