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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2016, 4:49 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 17 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 14, 2016, 4:49 PM MDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 5:06 PM MDT
In force
17 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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 14, 4:55 PM MDTHAIL 13 Ene Manitou Springs, CO.
Jul 14, 4:56 PM MDTHAIL 13 N Colorado Springs, 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 14, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

404 
WUUS55 KPUB 142249
SVRPUB
COC041-142330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0182.160714T2249Z-160714T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
449 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 449 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN
  COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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...
  COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND MANITOU SPRINGS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3886 10498 3899 10485 3887 10472 3879 10489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 233DEG 10KT 3888 10486 

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

MOORE
2 follow-up statements
962 
WWUS55 KPUB 142253
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
453 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016

COC041-142330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160714T2330Z/
EL PASO CO-
453 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 453 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN
COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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...
COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND MANITOU SPRINGS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3886 10496 3898 10484 3887 10472 3879 10489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 243DEG 10KT 3888 10484 

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

MOORE
461 
WWUS55 KPUB 142306
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
506 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016

COC041-142316-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160714T2330Z/
EL PASO CO-
506 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL 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.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PUEBLO.

LAT...LON 3886 10496 3898 10484 3887 10472 3879 10489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 233DEG 10KT 3890 10480 

$$

MOORE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 10:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso49 min
Jul 13, 11:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso42 min
Jul 13, 11:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso42 min
Jul 14, 2:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso45 min
Jul 14, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo51 min
Jul 14, 2:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas43 min
Jul 14, 2:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 min
Jul 14, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso31 min
Jul 14, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso43 min
Jul 14, 3:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso25 min
Jul 14, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa45 min
Jul 14, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso22 min
Jul 14, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa31 min
Jul 14, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano39 min
Jul 14, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano39 min
Jul 14, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo44 min
Jul 14, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso51 min
Jul 14, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas45 min
Jul 14, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo42 min
Jul 14, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo46 min
Jul 14, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso30 min
Jul 14, 5:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso34 min
Jul 14, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas47 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.