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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 29, 2016El Paso County, Fremont County, Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2016, 2:41 PM MDT for El Paso County, Fremont County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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 29, 2016, 2:41 PM MDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2016, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 29, 3:05 PM MDTHAIL 1Cripple Creek, 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 29, 1:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2016-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 816 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 2016-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
816 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

214 
WUUS55 KPUB 292041
SVRPUB
COC041-043-119-292115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0244.160729T2041Z-160729T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
241 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
  SOUTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
  SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 241 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRIPPLE
  CREEK...OR 15 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  15 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...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...CRIPPLE CREEK...VICTOR...PIKES PEAK
  AND FORT CARSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3875 10520 3888 10510 3871 10477 3853 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 305DEG 15KT 3877 10510 

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

TLM
3 follow-up statements
091 
WWUS55 KPUB 292053
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
253 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

COC041-043-119-292115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0244.000000T0000Z-160729T2115Z/
FREMONT CO-TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
253 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN FREMONT...SOUTHEASTERN TELLER AND SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO
COUNTIES...

AT 252 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VICTOR...OR 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...CRIPPLE CREEK...VICTOR...
PIKES PEAK AND FORT CARSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3875 10520 3888 10510 3871 10477 3853 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 305DEG 15KT 3874 10505 

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

TLM
516 
WWUS55 KPUB 292100
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
300 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

COC041-043-119-292115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0244.000000T0000Z-160729T2115Z/
FREMONT CO-TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
300 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN FREMONT...SOUTHEASTERN TELLER AND SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO
COUNTIES...

AT 300 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VICTOR...OR 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...CRIPPLE CREEK...VICTOR...
PIKES PEAK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3875 10520 3888 10510 3871 10477 3853 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 305DEG 15KT 3872 10501 

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

TLM
125 
WWUS55 KPUB 292107
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
307 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

COC041-043-119-292116-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0244.000000T0000Z-160729T2115Z/
FREMONT CO-TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
307 PM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FREMONT...SOUTHEASTERN
TELLER AND SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM MDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3875 10520 3888 10510 3871 10477 3853 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 305DEG 15KT 3872 10501 

$$

TLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB44 min
Jul 28, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo35 min
Jul 28, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso24 min
Jul 28, 6:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley43 min
Jul 28, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley46 min
Jul 28, 6:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo37 min
Jul 28, 7:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo38 min
Jul 28, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley30 min
Jul 28, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo47 min
Jul 28, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso46 min
Jul 28, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa25 min
Jul 28, 8:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller40 min
Jul 28, 8:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo48 min
Jul 28, 9:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo44 min
Jul 28, 9:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso52 min
Jul 28, 9:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo3 hr
Jul 28, 9:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso29 min
Jul 28, 9:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers39 min
Jul 28, 9:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso50 min
Jul 28, 9:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso46 min
Jul 28, 10:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 28, 10:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso51 min
Jul 28, 10:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso28 min
Jul 28, 10:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso46 min
Jul 28, 11:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso19 min
Jul 29, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller25 min
Jul 29, 2:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 min
Jul 29, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller31 min
Jul 29, 3:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas45 min
Jul 29, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert48 min
Jul 29, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas45 min
Jul 29, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB43 min
Jul 29, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas46 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.