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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 13, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2016, 9:27 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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, 9:27 PM MDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2016, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.

815 
WUUS55 KPUB 140327
SVRPUB
COC041-140400-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0093.160614T0327Z-160614T0400Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT

* AT 927 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN
  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...
  COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...SECURITY...FALCON...FORT CARSON...
  CIMARRON HILLS...ELLICOTT...SCHRIEVER AFB...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...
  STRATMOOR AND PETERSON AFB.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3869 10481 3887 10489 3904 10444 3877 10432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 250DEG 25KT 3882 10476 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
KT
2 follow-up statements
675 
WWUS55 KPUB 140348
SVSPUB

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

COC041-140400-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160614T0400Z/
EL PASO CO-
948 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 947 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHRIEVER
AFB... OR 13 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...ELLICOTT...SCHRIEVER AFB...FALCON AND
CIMARRON HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3873 10463 3893 10471 3904 10444 3877 10432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 250DEG 24KT 3885 10457 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

KT
750 
WWUS55 KPUB 140401
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1001 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

COC041-140411-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160614T0400Z/
EL PASO CO-
1001 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
                
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 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3873 10463 3893 10471 3904 10444 3877 10432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 250DEG 25KT 3885 10457 

$$

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, 9:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo23 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.