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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 6, 2017El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2017, 2:57 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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 6, 2017, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2017, 3:30 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), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 3:15 PM MDTHAIL 0.883 Wsw Black Forest, 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, 9.0 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 12:00Z on 2017-06-06Temperature 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 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 2017-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

688 
WUUS55 KPUB 062057
SVRPUB
COC041-062130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0079.170606T2057Z-170606T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
257 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 330 PM MDT

* At 257 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Air Force
  Academy, or 11 miles north of Colorado Springs, moving southeast at
  10 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, Air Force Academy, Black Forest, Gleneagle and
  Cimarron Hills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3897 10495 3907 10480 3897 10458 3881 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 315DEG 7KT 3899 10482 

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

kam
1 follow-up statement
918 
WWUS55 KPUB 062111
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
311 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 2017

COC041-062130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-170606T2130Z/
El Paso CO-
311 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

At 311 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over northwestern
Colorado Springs, moving southeast at 10 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, Air Force Academy, Black Forest, Gleneagle and
Cimarron Hills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3897 10495 3907 10480 3897 10458 3881 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 315DEG 7KT 3897 10480 

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

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas47 min
Jun 5, 8:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo43 min
Jun 5, 9:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo51 min
Jun 6, 1:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller23 min
Jun 6, 1:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBTeller3 hr
Jun 6, 1:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla30 min
Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller35 min
Jun 6, 1:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa48 min
Jun 6, 2:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers19 min
Jun 6, 2:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa33 min
Jun 6, 2:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 min
Jun 6, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers45 min
Jun 6, 3:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Saguache3 hr
Jun 6, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso51 min
Jun 6, 3:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 6, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo41 min
Jun 6, 3:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers3 hr
Jun 6, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo52 min
Jun 6, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano50 min
Jun 6, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers47 min
Jun 6, 4:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Las Animas3 hr
Jun 6, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo23 min
Jun 6, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo24 min
Jun 6, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo48 min
Jun 6, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca42 min
Jun 6, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa52 min
Jun 6, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas49 min
Jun 6, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca24 min
Jun 6, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley49 min
Jun 6, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa24 min
Jun 6, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa49 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.