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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 7, 2016Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2016, 6:43 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 7, 2016, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2016, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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: 910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

321 
WUUS55 KPUB 080043
SVRPUB
COC025-089-080115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0049.160608T0043Z-160608T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 643 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  MANZANOLA...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST 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...
  LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...FOWLER...ORDWAY...SWINK...
  MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS...SUGAR CITY AND CROWLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3798 10404 3816 10405 3831 10358 3790 10356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 257DEG 12KT 3811 10391 

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

KAM

1 follow-up statement

493 
WWUS55 KPUB 080056
SVSPUB

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

COC025-089-080115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160608T0115Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-
656 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO AND SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 656 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANZANOLA...OR
19 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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...
LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...ORDWAY...SWINK...
MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS...SUGAR CITY AND CROWLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3799 10402 3818 10398 3831 10358 3790 10356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 282DEG 9KT 3807 10389 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	47 min
Jun 7, 6:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	42 min
Jun 7, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	44 min
Jun 7, 6:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	23 min
Jun 7, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	26 min
Jun 7, 7:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	45 min
Jun 7, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	35 min
Jun 7, 8:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	51 min
Jun 8, 1:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	52 min
Jun 8, 1:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	33 min
Jun 8, 2:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	39 min
Jun 8, 2:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	42 min
Jun 8, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	49 min
Jun 8, 4:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	40 min

Nearby

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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.