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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 7, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2016, 4:50 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 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 7, 2016, 4:50 PM MDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2016, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 4:58 PM MDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ne Fountain, COMULTIPLE 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2016-06-07Temperature 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 2016-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

778 
WUUS55 KPUB 072250
SVRPUB
COC041-072330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0046.160607T2250Z-160607T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 450 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...HANOVER...
  SCHRIEVER AFB AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3865 10474 3882 10467 3881 10429 3853 10439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 287DEG 23KT 3872 10461 

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

MOORE
4 follow-up statements
925 
WWUS55 KPUB 072259
SVSPUB

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

COC041-072330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160607T2330Z/
EL PASO CO-
459 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

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

AT 459 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHRIEVER
AFB... OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...HANOVER...
SCHRIEVER AFB AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD.

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 3865 10474 3882 10467 3881 10429 3853 10439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 287DEG 15KT 3871 10457 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MOORE
025 
WWUS55 KPUB 072312
SVSPUB

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

COC041-072330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160607T2330Z/
EL PASO CO-
512 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

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

AT 511 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANOVER...OR
20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 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...
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...HANOVER...
SCHRIEVER AFB AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3865 10474 3882 10467 3881 10429 3853 10439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 295DEG 19KT 3868 10450 

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

MOORE
887 
WWUS55 KPUB 072323
SVSPUB

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

COC041-072330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160607T2330Z/
EL PASO CO-
523 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

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

AT 523 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANOVER...OR
23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
HANOVER AND SCHRIEVER AFB. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3860 10457 3881 10457 3881 10429 3853 10439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 291DEG 13KT 3866 10445 

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

MOORE
003 
WWUS55 KPUB 072329
SVSPUB

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

COC041-072338-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160607T2330Z/
EL PASO CO-
529 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 530 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
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3860 10457 3881 10457 3881 10429 3853 10439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 287DEG 23KT 3866 10445 

$$

KAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 6:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent27 min
Jun 6, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley26 min
Jun 6, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca43 min
Jun 6, 7:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso41 min
Jun 6, 7:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero23 min
Jun 6, 8:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero41 min
Jun 7, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller51 min
Jun 7, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso42 min
Jun 7, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso35 min
Jun 7, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso51 min
Jun 7, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso24 min
Jun 7, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso29 min
Jun 7, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo41 min
Jun 7, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso45 min
Jun 7, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo28 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.