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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2016Bent County, Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2016, 8:25 PM MDT for Bent County, Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min. 7 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, 8:25 PM MDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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, 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, 8:30 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W La Junta, CO	TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN LA JUNTA.
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	.
Jun 12, 8:41 PM MDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 67	4 S Cheraw, CO	ASOS STATION LA JUNTA AIRPORT /LHX/.

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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 211 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

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The text

As transmitted.

835 
WUUS55 KPUB 130225
SVRPUB
COC011-025-089-130300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0071.160613T0225Z-160613T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  WESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT

* AT 825 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LA JUNTA...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 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...LAS ANIMAS...SWINK...SUGAR
  CITY...CHERAW...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND FORT LYON.

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 3790 10381 3824 10370 3821 10295 3766 10311
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 272DEG 37KT 3803 10353 

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

KAM

3 follow-up statements

676 
WWUS55 KPUB 130233
SVSPUB

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

COC011-025-089-130300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160613T0300Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-
833 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO...SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND WESTERN BENT
COUNTIES...

AT 833 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH LA
JUNTA... MOVING EAST AT 35 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...NORTH LA JUNTA...LAS ANIMAS...SWINK...CHERAW...JOHN MARTIN
RESERVOIR AND FORT LYON.

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 3785 10367 3824 10363 3821 10295 3766 10311
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 273DEG 31KT 3802 10349 

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

KAM

273 
WWUS55 KPUB 130242
SVSPUB

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

COC011-025-089-130300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160613T0300Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-
842 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO...SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND WESTERN BENT
COUNTIES...

AT 841 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...LAS ANIMAS...CHERAW...
JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND FORT LYON.

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 3782 10357 3824 10362 3821 10295 3766 10311
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 274DEG 35KT 3800 10340 

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

KAM

982 
WWUS55 KPUB 130250
SVSPUB

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

COC025-130259-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160613T0300Z/
CROWLEY CO-
850 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3797 10359 3821 10347 3821 10295 3766 10311
      3787 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 277DEG 34KT 3796 10333 

$$

COC011-089-130300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160613T0300Z/
OTERO CO-BENT CO-
850 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO AND WESTERN BENT COUNTIES...

AT 849 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LAS ANIMAS...OR 10 MILES EAST OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT
40 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...LAS ANIMAS...CHERAW...
JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND FORT LYON.

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 3797 10359 3821 10347 3821 10295 3766 10311
      3787 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 277DEG 34KT 3796 10333 

HAIL...1.75IN
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, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	46 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, 8:54 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.