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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 13, 2016El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2016, 9:22 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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 13, 2016, 9:22 PM MDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2016, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2016-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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 2016-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

140 
WUUS55 KPUB 140322
SVRPUB
COC041-101-140345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0092.160614T0322Z-160614T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
922 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
  NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT

* AT 921 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FOUNTAIN...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO
  SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...HANOVER...
  SCHRIEVER AFB...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD AND FORT CARSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3849 10490 3869 10493 3883 10444 3852 10437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 259DEG 27KT 3862 10482 

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

KT
1 follow-up statement
025 
WWUS55 KPUB 140343
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
943 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

COC041-101-140353-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160614T0345Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-
943 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO AND NORTH
CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 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 3849 10490 3869 10493 3883 10444 3852 10437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 259DEG 27KT 3862 10482 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 13, 8:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso46 min
Jun 13, 9:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso33 min
Jun 13, 9:38 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 13, 10:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso43 min
Jun 13, 10:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas44 min
Jun 13, 11:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca47 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.