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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 20, 2016El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2016, 5:21 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. 3 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 20, 2016, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 5:33 PM MDTHAIL 14 N Divide, CO.
Jun 20, 5:51 PM MDTHAIL 11 N Woodland Park, CO.
Jun 20, 5:53 PM MDTHAIL 1.251 N Woodland Park, 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

813 
WUUS55 KPUB 202321
SVRPUB
COC041-119-202345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0094.160620T2321Z-160620T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
521 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 520 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
  DIVIDE...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND PARK AND DIVIDE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3898 10498 3892 10524 3909 10532 3913 10523
      3913 10498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 249DEG 11KT 3904 10519 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

EP
2 follow-up statements
904 
WWUS55 KPUB 202332
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
532 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016

COC041-119-202345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-160620T2345Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
532 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES...

AT 531 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF
WOODLAND PARK... OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOODLAND PARK AND DIVIDE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3898 10498 3892 10524 3911 10524 3913 10523
      3913 10498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 249DEG 11KT 3905 10515 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

EP
973 
WWUS55 KPUB 202339
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
539 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016

COC041-119-202345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-160620T2345Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
539 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES...

AT 538 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODLAND
PARK... OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOODLAND PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3898 10498 3895 10518 3909 10519 3910 10513
      3913 10498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 286DEG 13KT 3901 10511 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

EP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 11:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso41 min
Jun 20, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee31 min
Jun 20, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache42 min
Jun 20, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos47 min
Jun 20, 5:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller50 min
Jun 20, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.