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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2016Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2016, 7:44 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min. 16 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 12, 2016, 7:44 PM MDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2016, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 12, 7:48 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Olney Springs, CO	.
Jun 12, 7:48 PM MDT	HAIL 1.25	Olney Springs, CO	.
Jun 12, 7:53 PM MDT	HAIL 1	2 Se Manzanola, CO	.
Jun 12, 8:07 PM MDT	HAIL 1	4 Nnw Rocky Ford, CO	.
Jun 12, 8:08 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	1 W Rocky Ford, CO	.
Jun 12, 8:23 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	4 N Swink, CO	VISIBILITY NEAR 20 FT DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND WIND. .
Jun 12, 8:23 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 N Swink, CO	VISIBILITY NEAR 20 FT DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND WIND. .
Jun 12, 8:25 PM MDT	HAIL 1	1 Ne La Junta, CO	.
Jun 12, 8:25 PM MDT	HAIL 1	2 Nne La Junta, CO	.
Jun 12, 8:29 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	5 Se Manzanola, CO	.
Jun 12, 8:29 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	5 W Rocky Ford, CO	.
Jun 12, 8:30 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W La Junta, CO	TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN LA JUNTA.
Jun 12, 8:30 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	Olney Springs, CO	.
Jun 12, 8:31 PM MDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 58	4 S Cheraw, CO	ASOS STATION LA JUNTA AIRPORT /LHX/.
Jun 12, 8:33 PM MDT	HAIL 1	La Junta, CO	.
Jun 12, 8:34 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 70	La Junta, 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

543 
WUUS55 KPUB 130144
SVRPUB
COC025-089-130230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0067.160613T0144Z-160613T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
744 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 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 830 PM MDT

* AT 744 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OLNEY
  SPRINGS...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  55 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...FOWLER...ORDWAY...SWINK...
  MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS...SUGAR CITY...CHERAW AND CROWLEY.

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 3808 10405 3828 10400 3825 10343 3769 10362
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 298DEG 50KT 3816 10391 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KAM

4 follow-up statements

824 
WWUS55 KPUB 130149
SVSPUB

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

COC025-089-130230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-160613T0230Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-
749 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO AND SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 749 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MANZANOLA...OR
22 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 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 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...FOWLER...ORDWAY...SWINK...
MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS...SUGAR CITY...CHERAW AND CROWLEY.

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 3808 10405 3828 10400 3825 10343 3769 10362
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 299DEG 44KT 3814 10390 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KAM

718 
WWUS55 KPUB 130159
SVSPUB

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

COC025-089-130230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-160613T0230Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-
759 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO AND SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 758 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKY
FORD...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55
MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...ORDWAY...SWINK...
MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS...SUGAR CITY...CHERAW AND CROWLEY.

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 3803 10400 3827 10390 3825 10343 3769 10362
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 295DEG 48KT 3810 10376 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KAM

752 
WWUS55 KPUB 130209
SVSPUB

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

COC025-089-130230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-160613T0230Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-
809 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO AND SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 809 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ROCKY
FORD...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50
MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 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 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...ORDWAY...SWINK...
MANZANOLA...CHERAW AND CROWLEY.

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 3805 10393 3825 10386 3820 10345 3769 10362
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 302DEG 41KT 3804 10371 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KAM

670 
WWUS55 KPUB 130216
SVSPUB

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

COC025-089-130230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-160613T0230Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-
816 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL OTERO AND SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 816 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SWINK...OR
NEAR LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...ORDWAY...SWINK AND CHERAW. 

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 3795 10385 3824 10381 3820 10345 3769 10362
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 290DEG 36KT 3803 10365 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	45 min
Jun 12, 6:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
Jun 12, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	16 min
Jun 12, 6:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	34 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	3 hr
Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
Jun 12, 7:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	34 min
Jun 12, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	18 min
Jun 12, 7:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	25 min
Jun 12, 8:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	48 min
Jun 12, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa	43 min
Jun 12, 8:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	35 min
Jun 12, 8:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	51 min
Jun 12, 8:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	47 min
Jun 12, 9:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	59 min
Jun 12, 10:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Bent, Otero	3 hr
Jun 13, 9:47 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	28 min
Jun 13, 9:53 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	37 min
Jun 13, 10:09 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	36 min
Jun 13, 10:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	37 min
Jun 13, 11:35 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	25 min
Jun 13, 11:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	35 min
Jun 13, 12:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	27 min
Jun 13, 12:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
Jun 13, 1:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	38 min
Jun 13, 1:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Las Animas	35 min
Jun 13, 1:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	32 min
Jun 13, 1:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	15 min
Jun 13, 1:46 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
Jun 13, 1:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	27 min
Jun 13, 1:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	33 min
Jun 13, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
Jun 13, 2:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	39 min
Jun 13, 2:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	36 min
Jun 13, 2:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	40 min
Jun 13, 2:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Jun 13, 2:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	23 min
Jun 13, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	28 min
Jun 13, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	53 min
Jun 13, 3:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	32 min
Jun 13, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	36 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	30 min
Jun 13, 4:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	51 min
Jun 13, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	29 min
Jun 13, 4:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	26 min
Jun 13, 4:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 13, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	44 min
Jun 13, 4:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	25 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	45 min
Jun 13, 5:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	21 min
Jun 13, 5:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	39 min
Jun 13, 5:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	25 min
Jun 13, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.