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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 31, 2016Custer County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2016, 4:18 PM MDT for Custer County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 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: May 31, 2016, 4:18 PM MDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2016, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Custer County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 4:30 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	2 Sw Westcliffe, CO	.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 278 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

055 
WUUS55 KPUB 312218
SVRPUB
COC027-312300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0034.160531T2218Z-160531T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
418 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 418 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CRESTONE PEAK...OR 48 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...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...
  SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE AND ROSITA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3809 10560 3824 10547 3812 10513 3793 10530
      3794 10531 3794 10533 3792 10535 3791 10539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 304DEG 15KT 3812 10548 

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

KT

3 follow-up statements

378 
WWUS55 KPUB 312230
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
430 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COC027-312300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160531T2300Z/
CUSTER CO-
430 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 430 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CRESTONE PEAK...OR 46 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST 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...
SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE AND ROSITA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3807 10557 3822 10542 3812 10513 3793 10530
      3794 10531 3794 10533 3792 10535 3791 10539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 286DEG 13KT 3810 10545 

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

KT

171 
WWUS55 KPUB 312242
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
442 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COC027-312300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160531T2300Z/
CUSTER CO-
442 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 442 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CRESTONE PEAK...OR 44 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE AND ROSITA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3804 10554 3821 10538 3812 10513 3793 10530
      3794 10531 3794 10533 3792 10535 3791 10539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 294DEG 12KT 3809 10540 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

KT

005 
WWUS55 KPUB 312255
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
455 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COC027-312304-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160531T2300Z/
CUSTER CO-
455 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM MDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3804 10554 3821 10538 3812 10513 3793 10530
      3794 10531 3794 10533 3792 10535 3791 10539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 304DEG 15KT 3809 10540 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 1:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	46 min
May 31, 1:57 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	45 min
May 31, 2:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	39 min
May 31, 3:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	52 min
May 31, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	49 min
May 31, 5:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	49 min
May 31, 5:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	50 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.