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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 7, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2016, 4:32 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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 7, 2016, 4:32 PM MDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2016, 5:01 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 7, 4:35 PM MDT	HAIL 1.25	2 N Security, CO	.
Jun 7, 4:35 PM MDT	HAIL 1.25	2 Nw Security, CO	.
Jun 7, 4:42 PM MDT	HAIL 1.5	2 N Security, CO	MPING REPORT.
Jun 7, 4:58 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ne Fountain, CO	MULTIPLE TREE LIMBS/BRANCHES DOWN, GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 2 INCH DIAMETER.

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 1786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

043 
WUUS55 KPUB 072232
SVRPUB
COC041-072315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0045.160607T2232Z-160607T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
432 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 432 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  STRATMOOR...OR NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...SECURITY...FORT CARSON...
  SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB AND CIMARRON HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 3877 10488 3886 10480 3881 10456 3860 10474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 305DEG 17KT 3877 10476 

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

MOORE

3 follow-up statements

609 
WWUS55 KPUB 072238
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
438 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

COC041-072315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160607T2315Z/
EL PASO CO-
438 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 437 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SECURITY...OR
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...SECURITY...FORT CARSON...
SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB AND CIMARRON HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3877 10488 3886 10480 3881 10456 3860 10474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 305DEG 17KT 3875 10473 

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

MOORE

853 
WWUS55 KPUB 072244
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
444 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

COC041-072315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160607T2315Z/
EL PASO CO-
444 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 444 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...SECURITY...FORT CARSON...
SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB AND CIMARRON HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3877 10488 3885 10479 3881 10456 3864 10471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 282DEG 22KT 3875 10466 

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

MOORE

833 
WWUS55 KPUB 072301
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
501 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

COC041-072311-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160607T2315Z/
EL PASO CO-
501 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PUEBLO.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3877 10488 3885 10479 3881 10456 3864 10471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 305DEG 17KT 3870 10458 

$$

MOORE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 6:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	27 min
Jun 6, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	26 min
Jun 6, 7:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	43 min
Jun 6, 7:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	41 min
Jun 6, 7:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	23 min
Jun 6, 8:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	41 min
Jun 7, 2:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	51 min
Jun 7, 3:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	42 min
Jun 7, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jun 7, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	51 min
Jun 7, 4:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	24 min
Jun 7, 4:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	40 min
Jun 7, 5:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	41 min
Jun 7, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	45 min
Jun 7, 5:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	28 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.