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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 26, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 1:27 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min. 10 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 26, 2016, 1:27 PM MDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
48 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 1:29 PM MDTHAIL 12 Nw Peterson Afb, CO
May 26, 1:30 PM MDTHAIL 15 Nnw Peterson Afb, CO
May 26, 1:31 PM MDTHAIL 14 Nw Peterson Afb, CO
May 26, 1:42 PM MDTHAIL 13 Se Colorado Springs, CO
May 26, 1:45 PM MDTHAIL 14 N Peterson Afb, CO
May 26, 1:45 PM MDTHAIL 15 Nnw Peterson Afb, CO
May 26, 1:54 PM MDTHAIL 13 N Falcon, CO
May 26, 2:01 PM MDTHAIL 14 Nw Peterson Afb, CO
May 26, 2:03 PM MDTHAIL 11 Nnw Falcon, CO
May 26, 2:04 PM MDTHAIL 12 Nne Falcon, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 12:04 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

817 
WUUS55 KPUB 261927
SVRPUB
COC041-262015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0019.160526T1927Z-160526T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
127 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 215 PM MDT

* AT 127 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN
  COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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...
  COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY...BLACK FOREST...FALCON...
  FORT CARSON...CIMARRON HILLS...STRATMOOR...
  PETERSON AFB AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3870 10483 3896 10483 3912 10473 3892 10446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 222DEG 8KT 3889 10474 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT
3 follow-up statements
168 
WWUS55 KPUB 261938
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
138 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

COC041-262015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160526T2015Z/
EL PASO CO-
138 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 138 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN
COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY...BLACK FOREST...FALCON...FORT CARSON...
CIMARRON HILLS...STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3870 10483 3896 10483 3912 10473 3892 10446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 232DEG 13KT 3887 10473 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT
844 
WWUS55 KPUB 261948
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
148 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

COC041-262015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160526T2015Z/
EL PASO CO-
148 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 147 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CIMARRON
HILLS... OR 7 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...CIMARRON HILLS...BLACK FOREST...FALCON...
PETERSON AFB AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3875 10475 3897 10479 3910 10470 3892 10446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 225DEG 18KT 3887 10469 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT
822 
WWUS55 KPUB 261954
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
154 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

COC041-262015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160526T2015Z/
EL PASO CO-
154 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 153 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CIMARRON
HILLS... OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. BETWEEN 130 PM AND 145 PM NUMEROUS REPORTS
         OF 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE COLORADO
         SPRINGS AREA. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...CIMARRON HILLS...BLACK FOREST...FALCON...
PETERSON AFB AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3875 10475 3897 10479 3910 10470 3892 10446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 222DEG 8KT 3888 10468 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:56 PM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller39 hr
May 26, 4:20 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more32 hr
May 26, 11:34 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller56 min
May 26, 12:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas61 min
May 26, 1:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso24 min
May 26, 1:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso37 min
May 26, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo47 min
May 26, 1:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso114 min
May 26, 2:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso26 min
May 26, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero, Pueblo53 min
May 26, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo52 min
May 26, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso10 min
May 26, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo32 min
May 26, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo58 min
May 26, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso45 min
May 26, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley57 min
May 26, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa31 min
May 26, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa59 min
May 26, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa43 min
May 26, 5:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa56 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.