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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 30, 2018El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2018, 4:57 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 30, 2018, 4:57 PM MDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2018, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 30, 2:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

644 
WUUS55 KPUB 302257
SVRPUB
COC041-302330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0113.180630T2257Z-180630T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
457 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2018

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 530 PM MDT.

* At 457 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over eastern 
  Colorado Springs, moving east at 30 mph. Trained spotters across 
  the Colorado Springs region have reported hail up to 1.25 inches.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

* Locations impacted include...
  Colorado Springs, Air Force Academy, Calhan, Ellicott, Falcon and
  Cimarron Hills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3885 10488 3896 10489 3906 10429 3879 10423
      3884 10470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 264DEG 25KT 3890 10464 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

KTS

3 follow-up statements

389 
WWUS55 KPUB 302311
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
511 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2018

COC041-302330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-180630T2330Z/
El Paso CO-
511 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

At 509 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Falcon, or 16 
miles east of Colorado Springs, moving east at 30 mph. Th storm has 
a history of dropping ping pong ball size hail in the Colorado 
Springs region.

HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Colorado Springs, Calhan, Ellicott, Falcon, Cimarron Hills and
Peyton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3884 10477 3898 10479 3906 10429 3879 10423
      3884 10470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 264DEG 25KT 3891 10453 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

KTS

843 
WWUS55 KPUB 302317
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
517 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2018

COC041-302330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-180630T2330Z/
El Paso CO-
517 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

At 517 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Falcon, or 14 
miles east of Colorado Springs, moving east at 35 mph. The storm has 
a history of dropping ping pong ball size hail in the Colorado 
Springs region.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Eastern Colorado Springs, Calhan, Ellicott, Peyton and Falcon. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3906 10429 3879 10423 3883 10465 3890 10468
      3900 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 264DEG 32KT 3890 10457 

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

KTS

826 
WWUS55 KPUB 302329
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
529 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2018

COC041-302339-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-180630T2330Z/
El Paso CO-
529 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
east central Colorado.

LAT...LON 3906 10429 3879 10423 3883 10465 3890 10468
      3900 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 264DEG 25KT 3891 10447 

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 7:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	38 min
Jun 30, 2:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	38 min
Jun 30, 2:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	22 min
Jun 30, 3:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	37 min
Jun 30, 3:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jun 30, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	46 min
Jun 30, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Jun 30, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	49 min
Jun 30, 4:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 30, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	17 min
Jun 30, 5:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	47 min
Jun 30, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	36 min
Jun 30, 5:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.