Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 20, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2016, 8:16 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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 20, 2016, 8:16 PM MDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
29 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), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2016-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 152 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 2016-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

518 
WUUS55 KPUB 210216
SVRPUB
COC041-210245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0097.160621T0216Z-160621T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
816 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 845 PM MDT

* AT 816 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MONUMENT...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND IS NEARLY
  STATIONARY.

  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...
  NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...BLACK
  FOREST AND GLENEAGLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3901 10467 3893 10480 3903 10498 3913 10490
      3913 10487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 234DEG 3KT 3905 10491 

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

EP
2 follow-up statements
124 
WWUS55 KPUB 210234
SVSPUB

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

COC041-210245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-160621T0245Z/
EL PASO CO-
834 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 834 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GLENEAGLE...OR
14 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...
BLACK FOREST AND GLENEAGLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3901 10467 3893 10480 3903 10498 3913 10490
      3913 10487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 261DEG 9KT 3905 10478 

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

EP
640 
WWUS55 KPUB 210241
SVSPUB

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

COC041-210251-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-160621T0245Z/
EL PASO CO-
841 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 845 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 3901 10467 3893 10480 3903 10498 3913 10490
      3913 10487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 234DEG 3KT 3905 10478 

$$

EP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso46 min
Jun 20, 7:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso34 min
Jun 20, 8:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 20, 8:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jun 20, 9:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller42 min
Jun 20, 10:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont37 min
Jun 21, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee45 min
Jun 21, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont27 min
Jun 21, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso26 min
Jun 21, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.