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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Pueblo, CO

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

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2016, 5:43 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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, 5:51 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.

276 
WUUS55 KPUB 202343
SVRPUB
COC041-119-210015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0095.160620T2343Z-160621T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 543 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER 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 3895 10518 3911 10513 3911 10492 3897 10490
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 281DEG 12KT 3901 10510 

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

EP
2 follow-up statements
524 
WWUS55 KPUB 202354
SVSPUB

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

COC041-119-210015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160621T0015Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
554 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES...

AT 552 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WOODLAND
PARK... OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

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

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST
         NORTH OF WOODLAND PARK

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 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 3896 10511 3911 10509 3911 10492 3897 10490
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 281DEG 12KT 3900 10506 

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

EP
875 
WWUS55 KPUB 210008
SVSPUB

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

COC041-119-210018-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160621T0015Z/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
608 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 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 HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3896 10511 3911 10509 3911 10492 3897 10490
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 281DEG 12KT 3900 10506 

$$

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, 5:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller24 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.