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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 2016Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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 14, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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, 6:05 PM MDTHAIL 0.887 Nw Tyrone, 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 281 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°0°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.

498 
WUUS55 KPUB 142315
SVRPUB
COC055-071-150000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0183.160714T2315Z-160715T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  EAST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 515 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF AGUILAR...OR 28 MILES NORTH OF TRINIDAD...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
  TYRONE.

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 3761 10468 3773 10446 3750 10401 3722 10452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 323DEG 28KT 3758 10450 

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

MOORE
3 follow-up statements
666 
WWUS55 KPUB 142329
SVSPUB

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

COC055-071-150000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-160715T0000Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-HUERFANO CO-
529 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND EAST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES...

AT 529 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF
TYRONE...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
TYRONE.

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 3755 10464 3771 10444 3750 10401 3724 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 318DEG 21KT 3753 10444 

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

MOORE
942 
WWUS55 KPUB 142347
SVSPUB

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

COC055-071-150000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-160715T0000Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-HUERFANO CO-
547 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTIES...

AT 547 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF TYRONE...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
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...
TYRONE.

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 3771 10444 3750 10401 3730 10438 3760 10458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 299DEG 19KT 3750 10434 

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

MOORE
748 
WWUS55 KPUB 150002
SVSPUB

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

COC055-071-150011-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-160715T0000Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-HUERFANO CO-
602 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND EASTERN
HUERFANO COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THIS WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...BUT A NEW
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AN ADJOINING AREA.

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

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3771 10444 3750 10401 3730 10438 3760 10458
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 323DEG 28KT 3750 10434 

$$

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, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso17 min
Jul 14, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso51 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.