Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2016, 7:41 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min. 6 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, 7:41 PM MDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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 20, 7:50 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Sw Black Forest, CO | . |
| Jun 20, 7:55 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Se Air Force Academy, CO | . |
| Jun 20, 8:00 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Sw Black Forest, CO | . |
| Jun 20, 8:00 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Sw Black Forest, CO | . |
| Jun 20, 8:05 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Ne Manitou Springs, CO | . |
| Jun 20, 8:13 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Nne Colorado Springs, 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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
161
WUUS55 KPUB 210141
SVRPUB
COC041-210215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0096.160621T0141Z-160621T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
741 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 815 PM MDT
* AT 740 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AIR FORCE
ACADEMY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND IS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
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...
COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...BLACK FOREST...
FALCON...CIMARRON HILLS...GLENEAGLE AND PETERSON AFB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3889 10491 3906 10486 3906 10453 3879 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 234DEG 3KT 3897 10480
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EP3 follow-up statements
432
WWUS55 KPUB 210149
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
749 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
COC041-210215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-160621T0215Z/
EL PASO CO-
749 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 747 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AIR FORCE
ACADEMY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND IS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED HAIL OF HALF DOLLAR
SIZE ON THE EAST EDGE OF THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...BLACK FOREST...
FALCON...CIMARRON HILLS...GLENEAGLE AND PETERSON AFB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3888 10485 3906 10486 3906 10453 3879 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 234DEG 3KT 3897 10479
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EP152
WWUS55 KPUB 210155
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
755 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
COC041-210215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-160621T0215Z/
EL PASO CO-
755 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 754 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN
COLORADO SPRINGS...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR
CHAPEL HILLS MALL AT 754 PM MDT.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...CIMARRON HILLS...
BLACK FOREST AND FALCON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 10482 3906 10480 3906 10453 3879 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 234DEG 3KT 3897 10478
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EP234
WWUS55 KPUB 210207
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
807 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
COC041-210215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-160621T0215Z/
EL PASO CO-
807 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 806 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN
COLORADO SPRINGS...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...CIMARRON HILLS...
BLACK FOREST AND FALCON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 10482 3906 10480 3906 10453 3879 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 234DEG 3KT 3898 10477
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 8:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 9:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 10:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 4:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 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.