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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 6, 2016Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2016, 2:30 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2016, 2:30 PM MDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2016, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2016-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2016-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

241 
WUUS55 KPUB 062030
SVRPUB
COC011-061-099-062100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0041.160606T2030Z-160606T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
230 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT

* AT 230 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWEETWATER
  RESERVOIR...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...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...
  NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR AND
  NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3843 10292 3848 10275 3822 10255 3818 10284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 341DEG 18KT 3839 10283 

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

EP
3 follow-up statements
798 
WWUS55 KPUB 062039
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
239 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

COC011-061-099-062100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160606T2100Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
239 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS...SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES...

AT 239 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SWEETWATER
RESERVOIR...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 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...
NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR AND
NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3840 10287 3848 10275 3822 10255 3818 10284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 341DEG 18KT 3834 10281 

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

EP
445 
WWUS55 KPUB 062050
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
250 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

COC011-061-099-062100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160606T2100Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
250 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS...SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES...

AT 249 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NEEGRONDA
RESERVOIR...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...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...
NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR AND
NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

IF ON OR NEAR NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...QUEENS
RESERVOIR AND NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR....GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND
MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE
OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER NOW!  DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3840 10287 3848 10275 3822 10255 3818 10284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 341DEG 18KT 3829 10279 

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

EP
591 
WWUS55 KPUB 062100
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
300 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

COC011-061-099-062109-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160606T2100Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
300 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS...SOUTH
CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 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...
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3840 10287 3848 10275 3822 10255 3818 10284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 341DEG 18KT 3829 10279 

$$

ETP

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 5, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBChaffee, Saguache45 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, 2:38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.