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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2016Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2016, 8:12 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 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 12, 2016, 8:12 PM MDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

865 
WUUS55 KPUB 130212
SVRPUB
COC061-130300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0069.160613T0212Z-160613T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT

* AT 812 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF WILD HORSE POINT...OR 38 MILES NORTH OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 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...
  HASWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3860 10299 3834 10303 3843 10345 3852 10343
      3853 10317 3860 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 277DEG 13KT 3851 10335 

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

PGW
2 follow-up statements
714 
WWUS55 KPUB 130224
SVSPUB

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

COC061-130300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160613T0300Z/
KIOWA CO-
824 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 824 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HASWELL...OR
39 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
HASWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3860 10299 3834 10303 3843 10343 3852 10338
      3853 10317 3860 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 271DEG 24KT 3850 10323 

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

KT
791 
WWUS55 KPUB 130236
SVSPUB

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

COC061-130300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160613T0300Z/
KIOWA CO-
836 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 836 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HASWELL...OR
41 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
HASWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3860 10299 3834 10303 3843 10343 3852 10338
      3853 10317 3860 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 280DEG 13KT 3851 10319 

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

KT

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, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo34 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, 8:17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.