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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 8, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 4:39 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 4:39 PM MDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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, 5:05 PM MDTHAIL 0.756 Se Peyton, CO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

807 
WUUS55 KPUB 082239
SVRPUB
COC041-082315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0162.160708T2239Z-160708T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 439 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FALCON...OR
  17 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
  EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FALCON...ELLICOTT...SCHRIEVER AFB...
  YODER...PEYTON AND CIMARRON HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3892 10472 3904 10455 3898 10415 3861 10431
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 285DEG 19KT 3893 10451 

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

PGW
3 follow-up statements
921 
WWUS55 KPUB 082246
SVSPUB

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

COC041-082315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-160708T2315Z/
EL PASO CO-
446 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 446 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PEYTON...OR 20
MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FALCON...ELLICOTT...SCHRIEVER AFB...
YODER...PEYTON AND CIMARRON HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3892 10472 3904 10455 3898 10415 3861 10431
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 275DEG 20KT 3894 10446 

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

PGW
023 
WWUS55 KPUB 082254
SVSPUB

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

COC041-082315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-160708T2315Z/
EL PASO CO-
454 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 453 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLICOTT...OR
27 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
ELLICOTT AND YODER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 10461 3903 10452 3898 10415 3861 10431
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 282DEG 26KT 3891 10432 

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

LW
676 
WWUS55 KPUB 082304
SVSPUB

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

COC041-082315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-160708T2315Z/
EL PASO CO-
504 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 504 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR YODER...OR 31
MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
ELLICOTT AND YODER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 10461 3903 10452 3898 10415 3861 10431
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 306DEG 26KT 3886 10424 

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

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, 3:06 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, 4:44 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.