A severe storm produced severe hail, damaging winds, and three tornados in northeast El Paso County, and other severe storms brought hail up to the size of tennis balls in western El Paso County.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A severe storm produced severe hail, damaging winds, and three tornados in northeast El Paso County, and other severe storms brought hail up to the size of tennis balls in western El Paso County.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 2:47 PM MST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 347 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 256 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 NEAR/SHORT TERM METEOROLOGICAL CHALLENGES INCLUDE POPS...INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURES. FORECAST DISTRICT CURRENTLY GRACED BY NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE EARLY JUNE CLIMATOLOGICAL TEMPERATURES...VARIABLE CLOUDS...BASICALLY LOW GRADE GRADIENT WINDS AND SOME HEALTHY RADAR RETURNS JUST TO THE NORTH OF EL PASO COUNTY. RECENT REAL-TIME DATA...COMPUTER SIMULATIONS AND FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED CONDITIONS SHOULD BE NOTED DURING THE SHORT-TERM...INITIALLY OVER EASTERN SECTIONS TONIGHT AND THEN OVER MANY LOCATIONS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP A WARY EYE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...PRIMARILY OVER EASTERN SECTIONS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS IMPRESSIVE MOST UNSTABLE SPC CAPE VALUES NEAR 5000 J/KG...MOST UNSTABLE LIS NEAR -10C NOTED AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEARS AROUND 30 KNOTS ARE NOTED. HAVE ADDED SEVERE WORDING TO SEVERAL EASTERN COUNTIES FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SEVERE POTENTIAL. THEN AS CLOSED UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY 00Z SATURDAY...HAVE DEPICTED A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MANY SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT...ESPECIALLY DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN SECTIONS. FINALLY...NEAR TO ABOVE SEASONAL EARLY JUNE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT DURING THE NEAR/SHORT-TERM IN COMBINATION WITH BASICALLY LOW-GRADE GRADIENT WINDS. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 256 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 ...ACTIVE WX PATTERN TO CONTINUE WITH HEAVY RAINS AND SVR WX THREAT... THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN BUSY THIS PERIOD AS MOISTURE FROM TWO EAST PACIFIC TROPICAL CYCLONES ENTER INTO OUR WEATHER PATTERN. THIS WILL BRING A THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS...ESPECIALLY TO THE MTNS ALONG THE CONTDVD. SOME HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PLAINS...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...SHEAR AND CAPE WILL WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST PART OF THIS EXTENDED PERIOD. FRIDAY NIGHT... SHORT WAVE EMBEDDED IN THE MODEST SW FLOW OVER THE REGION WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ONGOING AT 00Z SAT BUT SHOULD BE DECREASING FROM SW TO NE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. WITH SUFFICIENT CAPE AND SHEAR IN PLACE...EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SVR STORMS ON THE PLAINS. SATURDAY... MOISTURE FROM BOTH OF THE PACIFIC TC'S WILL BE OVER THE REGION ON THIS DAY. MTNS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CONTDVD WILL LIKELY SEE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ON THIS DAY...AND FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY ON THE MINERAL COUNTY BURN SCARS. THE PLAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A BIT DRIER IN THE LLVLS THIS DAY AS THE BOUNDARY WHICH HAS BEEN ALONG THE CO/NM BORDER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WILL BE LIFTING N AND WILL LIKELY BE NORTH OF THE CWA. WITH DRIER AIR IN PLACE AND LIMITED SHEAR...TSRA INTENSITY AND AMOUNTS WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCTD AT BEST. SUNDAY... DEEP MOISTEN WILL BE LINGERING OVER THE REGION...ESPECIALLY THE S MTNS AND PLAINS. IN ADDITION...A COOL FRONT WILL HAVE CROSSED THE PLAINS AND MOST OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL BE IN AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT...SO LLVL MOISTURE WILL BE HIGHER THAN ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A RELATIVELY STRONG JET WILL BE OVER THE REGION...> 80 KNTS...AND THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO LONG HODOGRAPHS OVER THE PLAINS. IN ADDITION...CAPE VALUES WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 1000-2000 RANGE. GIVEN THESE TWO PARAMETERS IN PLACE...SVR THREAT WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON THE PLAINS. IN ADDITION...WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE S MTNS AND PLAINS...WITH THE GUIDANCE FAVORING THE PIKE PEAK REGION. WALDO BURN SCAR WILL BE A CONCERN ON THIS DAY. MONDAY-WEDNESDAY... SUBTROPICAL JET WILL CONTINUE OVER REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS SHOULD SHUNT THE DEEPER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TC BLANCA TO OUR SOUTH DURING THIS PERIOD. HOWEVER...REMNANT LLVL MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE...ESPECIALLY MONDAY...AND SHEAR WILL BE CONTINUE TO FAVOR ORGANIZED SVR CONVECTION. AND STORMS SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED AS LLVL MOISTURE WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD. \/HODANISH && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 256 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER KALS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THEN EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AT BOTH THE KCOS AND KPUB TERMINALS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NOTED AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS POSSIBLE FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MVFR CONDITIONS AT TIMES. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...77 LONG TERM...HODANISH AVIATION...77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1114 AM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-051715- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 1114 AM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING OVER EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES...AND OVER EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...BACA...SOUTHERN BENT AND SOUTHERN PROWERS COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE OR TWO STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AVAILABLE MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS REMNANT MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL SYSTEMS NEAR THE SOUTHERN BAJA INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL LEAD TO GOOD CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS EXPECTED OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ALSO ON FRIDAY...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. THE PRIMARY METEOROLOGICAL THREATS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL BE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER AND NEAR AREA BURN SCARS. DRIER AIR THEN STARTS TO WORK INTO WESTERN COLORADO ON MONDAY...WITH MORE ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT IS PROJECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH MOIST LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW KEEPING CHANCES OF STRONG STORMS IN THE FORECAST ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES...AND OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE...INCLUDING EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...BACA...SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 505 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 COZ084-042345- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT CO- 505 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM MDT... AT 501 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF SIMLA...OR 23 MILES WEST OF LIMON...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AT 5 MPH. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE NEEDED FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO CUNTY AFTER 525 PM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS ROTATING STORM VERY CAREFULLY. PLEASE BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY AFTER 525 PM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. LAT...LON 3901 10406 3899 10427 3913 10423 3913 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 354DEG 6KT 3918 10412 HODANISH
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:40 UTC.
6 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado moved from Elbert County into El Paso County and damaged some trees and road signs. The damage to the trees was consistent with EF1 winds.
A tornado moved east to west from Elbert County into El Paso County and caused no damage across a field in El Paso County.
A large tornado moved across open country. It missed several ranches and only damaged a outbuilding along Alford Road.
A road sign on Harrisonville Road was bent over by severe microburst winds.
Large hail damaged many vehicles at Fort Carson.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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