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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2016Crowley County, El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2016, 6:41 PM MDT for Crowley County, El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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 12, 2016, 6:41 PM MDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2016, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 13 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 6:45 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 7510 Sse Truckton, CO.

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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 322 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

471 
WUUS55 KPUB 130041
SVRPUB
COC025-041-101-130115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0063.160613T0041Z-160613T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
641 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
  NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 641 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF
  TRUCKTON...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15
  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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3852 10405 3852 10401 3846 10420 3859 10427
      3875 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 061DEG 15KT 3855 10419 

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

KAM
2 follow-up statements
949 
WWUS55 KPUB 130047 RRA
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
647 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

COC025-041-101-130115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160613T0115Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-CROWLEY CO-
647 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN
CROWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 647 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HANOVER...OR 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY
COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 10405 3852 10401 3846 10420 3859 10427
      3875 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 061DEG 15KT 3854 10422 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KAM
698 
WWUS55 KPUB 130100
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
700 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

COC025-101-130109-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160613T0115Z/
PUEBLO CO-CROWLEY CO-
700 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND
NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3853 10405 3853 10419 3861 10424 3875 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 223DEG 11KT 3859 10416 

$$

COC041-130115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160613T0115Z/
EL PASO CO-
700 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 659 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
TRUCKTON...OR 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3853 10405 3853 10419 3861 10424 3875 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 223DEG 11KT 3859 10416 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso45 min
Jun 12, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa37 min
Jun 12, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo16 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso, Pueblo3 hr
Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa37 min
Jun 12, 7:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo34 min
Jun 12, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso18 min
Jun 12, 7:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero46 min
Jun 12, 7:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa25 min
Jun 12, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa48 min
Jun 12, 8:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa43 min
Jun 12, 8:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Otero35 min
Jun 12, 8:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa51 min
Jun 12, 8:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero47 min
Jun 12, 9:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa, Prowers59 min
Jun 12, 10:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBBent, Otero3 hr
Jun 13, 9:47 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont28 min
Jun 13, 9:53 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller37 min
Jun 13, 10:09 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont36 min
Jun 13, 10:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller37 min
Jun 13, 11:35 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano25 min
Jun 13, 11:55 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano35 min
Jun 13, 12:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano27 min
Jun 13, 12:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas29 min
Jun 13, 1:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas38 min
Jun 13, 1:25 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas35 min
Jun 13, 1:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano32 min
Jun 13, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo15 min
Jun 13, 1:46 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBLas Animas29 min
Jun 13, 1:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas27 min
Jun 13, 1:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller33 min
Jun 13, 2:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo27 min
Jun 13, 2:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo39 min
Jun 13, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas36 min
Jun 13, 2:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBDouglas40 min
Jun 13, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas24 min
Jun 13, 2:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo23 min
Jun 13, 3:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso28 min
Jun 13, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo53 min
Jun 13, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo32 min
Jun 13, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso36 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo30 min
Jun 13, 4:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso51 min
Jun 13, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo29 min
Jun 13, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers26 min
Jun 13, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso30 min
Jun 13, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers44 min
Jun 13, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca25 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers45 min
Jun 13, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca21 min
Jun 13, 5:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 min
Jun 13, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers25 min
Jun 13, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso12 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.