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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 5, 2016Chaffee County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 8:50 PM MDT for Chaffee County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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: Jun 5, 2016, 8:50 PM MDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2016, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Chaffee County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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
Jun 5, 9:21 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	5 S Nathrop, CO	.
Jun 5, 9:25 PM MDT	HAIL 1	5 Ssw Nathrop, CO	.
Jun 5, 9:36 PM MDT	HAIL 1	7 Ssw Nathrop, CO	.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

791 
WUUS55 KPUB 060250
SVRPUB
COC015-060330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0039.160606T0250Z-160606T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
850 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT

* AT 849 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NATHROP...OR
  45 MILES EAST OF GUNNISON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 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...
  NATHROP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3880 10618 3881 10602 3856 10596 3855 10622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 359DEG 19KT 3875 10612 

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

MW

3 follow-up statements

418 
WWUS55 KPUB 060300
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
900 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

COC015-060330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160606T0330Z/
CHAFFEE CO-
900 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...

AT 859 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR NATHROP...OR 45 MILES
EAST OF GUNNISON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 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...
NATHROP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3878 10618 3879 10606 3856 10596 3855 10622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 352DEG 11KT 3874 10611 

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

MW

759 
WWUS55 KPUB 060312
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
912 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

COC015-060330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160606T0330Z/
CHAFFEE CO-
912 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...

AT 910 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF
NATHROP...OR 45 MILES EAST OF GUNNISON...MOVING SOUTH SOUTH WEST 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...
NATHROP AND AREAS SOUTH ALONG HIGHWAY 285

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3875 10615 3876 10606 3856 10596 3855 10622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 001DEG 14KT 3870 10611 

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

MW

540 
WWUS55 KPUB 060322
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
922 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

COC015-060330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160606T0330Z/
CHAFFEE CO-
922 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...

AT 920 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF NATHROP...OR 42 MILES EAST OF GUNNISON...MOVING SOUTH SOUTH
WEST 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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY IN EAST CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3872 10615 3872 10606 3858 10601 3859 10620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 003DEG 14KT 3867 10612 

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

MW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 8:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	50 min
Jun 5, 8:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer, Fremont	42 min
Jun 5, 8:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Fremont, Teller	34 min
Jun 5, 9:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Chaffee, Saguache	45 min
Jun 6, 11:45 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Fremont	24 hr
Jun 6, 1:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	41 min
Jun 6, 2:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	39 min
Jun 6, 2:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	30 min
Jun 6, 2:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	52 min
Jun 6, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	40 min
Jun 6, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	43 min
Jun 6, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	45 min
Jun 6, 3:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	41 min
Jun 6, 4:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	48 min
Jun 6, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	44 min
Jun 6, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	43 min
Jun 6, 4:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	40 min
Jun 6, 4:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano	28 min
Jun 6, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	43 min
Jun 6, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	40 min
Jun 6, 5:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Huerfano	115 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.