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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 8, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2016, 1:57 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 8, 2016, 1:57 PM MDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2016, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
33 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), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2016-06-08Temperature 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 2016-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
2776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

216 
WUUS55 KPUB 081957
SVRPUB
COC041-082030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0053.160608T1957Z-160608T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
157 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM MDT

* AT 156 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ELLICOTT...OR 18 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT
  10 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...
  ELLICOTT AND SCHRIEVER AFB. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3892 10457 3894 10437 3880 10427 3871 10452
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 348DEG 7KT 3886 10447 

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

EP
2 follow-up statements
324 
WWUS55 KPUB 082010
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
210 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

COC041-082030-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160608T2030Z/
EL PASO CO-
210 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 209 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHRIEVER
AFB... OR 19 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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...
ELLICOTT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3890 10453 3894 10437 3880 10427 3874 10448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 348DEG 7KT 3883 10446 

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

EP
361 
WWUS55 KPUB 082021
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
221 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

COC041-082031-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160608T2030Z/
EL PASO CO-
221 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 230 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 3890 10453 3894 10437 3880 10427 3874 10448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 348DEG 7KT 3883 10446 

$$

EP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo47 min
Jun 7, 6:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont42 min
Jun 7, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero32 min
Jun 7, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo44 min
Jun 7, 6:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo23 min
Jun 7, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo26 min
Jun 7, 7:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley45 min
Jun 7, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero35 min
Jun 7, 8:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero51 min
Jun 8, 1:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso52 min
Jun 8, 2:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller39 min
Jun 8, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo42 min
Jun 8, 4:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent49 min
Jun 8, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas40 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.