Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2016, 4:09 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 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
- Jul 14, 2016, 4:09 PM MDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2016, 4:31 PM MDT
- In force
- 22 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:13 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Ssw Colorado Springs, CO | . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 1:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
356
WUUS55 KPUB 142209
SVRPUB
COC041-142245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0178.160714T2209Z-160714T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
409 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 445 PM MDT
* AT 409 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN
COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...SECURITY...FORT CARSON...
SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB AND CIMARRON HILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3873 10492 3885 10489 3885 10456 3861 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 279DEG 11KT 3878 10482
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MOORE3 follow-up statements
997
WWUS55 KPUB 142217
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
417 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016
COC041-142245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-160714T2245Z/
EL PASO CO-
417 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 417 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN
COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...SECURITY...FORT CARSON...
SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB AND CIMARRON HILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3872 10489 3884 10488 3885 10456 3861 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 275DEG 11KT 3879 10479
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MOORE103
WWUS55 KPUB 142225
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
425 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016
COC041-142245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-160714T2245Z/
EL PASO CO-
425 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 425 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SECURITY...OR
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...SECURITY...FORT CARSON...
SECURITY-WIDEFIELD AND STRATMOOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3872 10489 3884 10486 3882 10457 3861 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 291DEG 17KT 3877 10472
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MOORE092
WWUS55 KPUB 142231
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
431 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016
COC041-142241-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-160714T2245Z/
EL PASO CO-
431 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PUEBLO.
LAT...LON 3872 10489 3884 10486 3882 10457 3861 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 279DEG 11KT 3877 10470
$$
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 10:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 11:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 11:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 2:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 2:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 2:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 17 min |
| Jul 14, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 5:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 47 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.