Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2016, 12:28 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 3 reports 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
- May 7, 2016, 12:28 PM MDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 1:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:29 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 N Black Forest, CO | |
| May 7, 12:37 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | Black Forest, CO | |
| May 7, 12:46 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 E 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
441
WUUS55 KPUB 071828
SVRPUB
COC041-071900-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0012.160507T1828Z-160507T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1228 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 100 PM MDT
* AT 1228 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACK
FOREST...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND BLACK FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3898 10456 3897 10480 3913 10482 3913 10454
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 180DEG 25KT 3908 10469
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
283 follow-up statements
892
WWUS55 KPUB 071834
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1234 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC041-071900-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160507T1900Z/
EL PASO CO-
1234 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 1233 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACK FOREST...
OR 20 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND BLACK FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3897 10479 3913 10482 3913 10454 3898 10456
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 183DEG 20KT 3911 10468
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28565
WWUS55 KPUB 071846
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1246 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC041-071900-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160507T1900Z/
EL PASO CO-
1246 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 1245 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
GREENLAND...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 25
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...
NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND BLACK FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3897 10479 3913 10482 3913 10454 3898 10456
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 177DEG 22KT 3913 10468
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28415
WWUS55 KPUB 071854
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1254 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC041-071903-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160507T1900Z/
EL PASO CO-
1254 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 100 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3897 10479 3913 10482 3913 10454 3898 10456
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 180DEG 25KT 3913 10468
$$
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| May 7, 1:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 25 min |
| May 7, 2:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 24 min |
| May 7, 2:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 50 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.