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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 5, 2016Chaffee County, Saguache County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 9:30 PM MDT for Chaffee County, Saguache 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
Jun 5, 2016, 9:30 PM MDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2016, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Chaffee County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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
Jun 5, 9:36 PM MDTHAIL 17 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 232 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, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
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.

444 
WUUS55 KPUB 060330
SVRPUB
COC015-109-060415-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0040.160606T0330Z-160606T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
930 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...
  NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT

* AT 929 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NATHROP...OR
  44 MILES EAST OF GUNNISON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PONCHA SPRINGS AND PONCHA PASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10617 3869 10603 3840 10605 3842 10610
      3843 10625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 006DEG 17KT 3865 10611 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
4 follow-up statements
145 
WWUS55 KPUB 060339
SVSPUB

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

COC015-109-060415-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160606T0415Z/
CHAFFEE CO-SAGUACHE CO-
939 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE AND NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTIES...

AT 937 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PONCHA
SPRINGS... OR 43 MILES EAST OF GUNNISON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL AT 936 PM MDT
         7 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NATHROP. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PONCHA SPRINGS AND PONCHA PASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10617 3869 10603 3840 10605 3842 10610
      3843 10625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 007DEG 17KT 3861 10612 

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

MW
208 
WWUS55 KPUB 060352
SVSPUB

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

COC015-109-060415-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160606T0415Z/
CHAFFEE CO-SAGUACHE CO-
952 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHAFFEE AND NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTIES...

AT 952 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PONCHA
SPRINGS... OR 43 MILES EAST OF GUNNISON...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT
15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PONCHA SPRINGS AND PONCHA PASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3863 10615 3863 10605 3840 10605 3842 10610
      3843 10625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 003DEG 10KT 3857 10612 

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

MW
594 
WWUS55 KPUB 060404
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1004 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

COC015-109-060415-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160606T0415Z/
CHAFFEE CO-SAGUACHE CO-
1004 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHAFFEE AND NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTIES...

AT 1004 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PONCHA
SPRINGS...OR 43 MILES EAST OF GUNNISON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PONCHA SPRINGS AND PONCHA PASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3856 10614 3856 10605 3840 10605 3842 10610
      3843 10625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 004DEG 17KT 3851 10612 

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

MW
695 
WWUS55 KPUB 060414
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1014 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

COC015-109-060424-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160606T0415Z/
CHAFFEE CO-SAGUACHE CO-
1014 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHAFFEE AND
NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 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 3856 10614 3856 10605 3840 10605 3842 10610
      3843 10625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 006DEG 17KT 3851 10612 

$$

MW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller50 min
Jun 5, 8:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster, Fremont42 min
Jun 5, 8:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller34 min
Jun 5, 8:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBChaffee40 min
Jun 6, 11:45 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBFremont24 hr
Jun 6, 1:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller41 min
Jun 6, 2:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa39 min
Jun 6, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers30 min
Jun 6, 2:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster52 min
Jun 6, 3:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 min
Jun 6, 3:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo43 min
Jun 6, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso45 min
Jun 6, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano41 min
Jun 6, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa48 min
Jun 6, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano44 min
Jun 6, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano43 min
Jun 6, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas40 min
Jun 6, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano28 min
Jun 6, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano43 min
Jun 6, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso40 min
Jun 6, 5:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano115 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.