Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2006, 5:49 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 62 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
- May 31, 2006, 5:49 PM MDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2006, 6:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS55 KPUB 312349
SVRPUB
COC041-010115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0024.060531T2349Z-060601T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
549 PM MDT WED MAY 31 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT...
* AT 545 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF FOUNTAIN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.
LAT...LON 3873 10486 3860 10491 3854 10491 3853 10482
3852 10463 3856 10444 3873 10454
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS55 KPUB 010007
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
607 PM MDT WED MAY 31 2006
COC041-010115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060601T0115Z/
EL PASO CO-
607 PM MDT WED MAY 31 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 606 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUNTAIN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH
OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3873 10486 3860 10491 3854 10491 3853 10482
3852 10463 3856 10444 3873 10454
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 010051
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
651 PM MDT WED MAY 31 2006
COC041-010101-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060601T0115Z/
EL PASO CO-
651 PM MDT WED MAY 31 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...BECAUSE THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER HAS ENDED. HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3873 10486 3860 10491 3854 10491 3853 10482
3852 10463 3856 10444 3873 10454
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 31, 2:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 204 PM MDT WED MAY 31 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY) ...SVR STORMS ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... CURRENTLY...CONVECTION FIRING ACROSS THE MTNS AND IMMEDIATE I-25 CORRIDOR. THIS DUE TO PLENTY OF LLVL MOISTURE OVER THE E PLAINS...UPSLOPE FLOW AND ANOTHER DISTURBANCE COMING IN FROM THE W-NW. REST OF TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OVER THE PLAINS AND BRING BENEFICIAL PRECIP TO THE REGION. UNLIKE YDAY...DEEP SHEAR IS NOT AS STRONG BUT SUFFICIENT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN 1/2 OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. LLVL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE AND WINDS ALOFT AT MID LVLS WILL ALSO INCREASE A BIT AND THIS SHOULD INCREASE THE DEEP SHEAR OVER THE REGION. WITH A BOUNDARY IN PLAY AND BETTER LLVL MSTR...MAY SEE A SLIGHTLY BETTER THREAT OF A TORNADO TODAY OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. INTERIOR MTNS TO REMAIN WARM AND DRY. TONIGHT...ACTIVITY MOVES EAST-SOUTHEAST OVER THE PLAINS. BESIDES THE SVR THREAT...COULD SEE SOME VERY BENEFICIAL LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE REGION...ESPECIALLY OVER THE FAR E PLAINS. ACTIVITY SHOULD END LATE TONIGH OVER THE FAR E PLAINS. QUITE A BIT OF LOW CLOUDS SHOULD OCCUR OVER THE PLAINS...ESPECIALLY AREAS BELOW 6 KFT. TOMORROW...TEMPS ALOFT ON THE INCREASE AS RIDGE BUILDS ALOFT. THIS WILL END THE THREAT OF STRONGER STORMS OVER THE AREA. BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP TOMORROW WILL BE OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MTNS...ESPECIALLY THE S SANGRES. OTHERWISE...IT WILL BE WARMER AND DRIER OVER THE REGION. .LONG TERM... (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) LONG TERM CONCERNS REMAIN AMOUNT OF CONVECTION AND WARMING WITH BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THURSDAY NIGHT-FRIDAY...GENERALLY WEAK WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA AS A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. WITH DRIER AIR IN THE FLOW ALOFT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...ALONG WITH WARMING AND WEAKENING FLOW ALOFT...ORGANIZED CONVECTION LOOKS TO BE ON THE DECREASE. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATING BETWEEN 500-1500 J/KG OF CAPE...AND WILL KEEP ISOLATED POPS THE EASTERN MTS AND PLAINS THROUGH THE EVENING WITH ANY STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP DIMINISHING WITH SUNSET. BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS LOOKS TO MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY...AS LEE TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING NORTHERN TIER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES...STRONG DAYTIME HEATING AND ENOUGH AVAILABLE MOISTURE...HAVE KEPT ISOLATED AFTEROON AND EVENING POPS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SATURDAY-WEDNESDAY...HOT UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BECOMES WILL ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION. WITH H7 TEMPS BETWEEN +14C AND +18C...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS ACROSS THE REGION. WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES AND SOME AVAILABLE MOISTURE...HAVE KEPT ISOLATED DIUNRAL POPS ACROSS THE MTS THROUGH THE PERIOD...THOUGH EXPECT CONVECTION TO BE HIGH BE RATHER HIGH BASED. WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND LACK OF WETTING RAINS...FIRE DANGER AREA WIDE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE. MODELS DIFFERING IN POSITION AND STRENGTH OF UPPER RIDGE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHICH COULD ALLOW FOR A FEW FRONTS AND COOLER AIR TO SLIDE INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...HOWEVER WITH TIMING OF ANYTHING THIS FAR OUT WELL IN DOUBT...WILL KEEP CURRENT HOT AND MAINLY DRY FORECAST IN PLACE. -MW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 34/23
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:56 AM MDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1156 AM MDT WED MAY 31 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-011400- 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- 1156 AM MDT WED MAY 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE EASTERN PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...CROWLEY COUNTY...KIOWA COUNTY...BENT COUNTY AND PROWERS COUNTY. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE A BIT HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY AS ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS IN PLACE...AND A SURFACE WEATHER BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP TODAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP TODAY WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. BENEFICIAL HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. HOWEVER...SOME OF THIS HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS. LOCAL FLASH FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO END LATE TONIGHT OVER THE FAR EAST PLAINS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM WHICH DEVELOPS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 2 PM...FROM THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR TO THE KANSAS BORDER. HODANISH
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 31, 3:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
358 PM MDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM HAIL 4 SSE AIR FORCE ACADEMY 38.93N 104.83W
05/31/2006 M1.75 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0335 PM HAIL 7 SE MONUMENT 39.00N 104.76W
05/31/2006 M1.00 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0340 PM HAIL AIR FORCE ACADEMY 38.98N 104.87W
05/31/2006 M0.75 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RSGLocal storm report, May 31, 5:16 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
516 PM MDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM HAIL 6 SSW ROSITA 38.03N 105.38W
05/31/2006 M0.88 INCH CUSTER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RSGLocal storm report, May 31, 5:43 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
543 PM MDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM HAIL COLORADO CITY 37.94N 104.85W
05/31/2006 E0.75 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0530 PM HAIL COLORADO CITY 37.94N 104.85W
05/31/2006 E0.75 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RSGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 64 min |
| May 30, 9:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 86 min |
| May 31, 1:39 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 65 min |
| May 31, 1:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 84 min |
| May 31, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| May 31, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 17 min |
| May 31, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 59 min |
| May 31, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.