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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 15, 2016Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2016, 2:21 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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 15, 2016, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2016, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
2.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 15, 2:55 PM MDTTORNADO4 E Sheridan Lake, COWINDOWS BLOWN OUT ON HOUSE. TRUCK WAS MOVED INTO A DITCH.
Jul 15, 2:59 PM MDTHAIL 24 E Sheridan Lake, 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 15, 1:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2016-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 2016-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-351 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

617 
WUUS55 KPUB 152021
SVRPUB
COC061-152100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0191.160715T2021Z-160715T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
221 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT

* AT 220 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...SPOTTER REPORTS. 

  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...
  TOWNER AND OPEN COUNTRY OF EXTREME EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING... AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10226 3862 10229 3862 10205 3860 10204
      3828 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 355DEG 37KT 3868 10214 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

TLM
1 follow-up statement
989 
WWUS55 KPUB 152033
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
233 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

COC061-152100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-160715T2100Z/
KIOWA CO-
233 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 232 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF
TOWNER...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

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...
TOWNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10226 3862 10229 3862 10205 3860 10204
      3828 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 355DEG 37KT 3856 10213 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

TLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero51 min
Jul 14, 6:20 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas25 min
Jul 14, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
Jul 14, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas46 min
Jul 14, 6:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero52 min
Jul 14, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert40 min
Jul 14, 7:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca95 min
Jul 14, 7:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas52 min
Jul 14, 8:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas84 min
Jul 14, 9:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo94 min
Jul 15, 12:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 min
Jul 15, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca31 min
Jul 15, 2:09 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more31 hr
Jul 15, 2:26 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBKiowa34 min
Jul 15, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca36 min
Jul 15, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca24 min
Jul 15, 3:00 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers30 min
Jul 15, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers27 min
Jul 15, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca32 min
Jul 15, 3:29 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers31 min
Jul 15, 4:47 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more115 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.