Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 2:23 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 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 26, 2016, 2:23 PM MDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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.
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 26, 12:04 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
253
WUUS55 KPUB 262023
SVRPUB
COC041-101-262115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0023.160526T2023Z-160526T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
223 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 315 PM MDT
* AT 223 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANOVER...OR
23 MILES NORTH OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTH 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...
HANOVER AND SCHRIEVER AFB.
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 SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3840 10435 3849 10461 3883 10460 3877 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 196DEG 18KT 3858 10446
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT5 follow-up statements
754
WWUS55 KPUB 262034
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
234 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
COC041-101-262115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160526T2115Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-
234 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES...
AT 234 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HANOVER...OR
24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HANOVER AND SCHRIEVER AFB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3840 10435 3846 10452 3883 10457 3877 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 196DEG 18KT 3863 10444
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT070
WWUS55 KPUB 262050
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
250 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
COC041-101-262115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160526T2115Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-
250 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO AND NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...
AT 249 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HANOVER...OR
27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
HANOVER.
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 SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3840 10435 3849 10443 3862 10453 3879 10453
3877 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 221DEG 21KT 3864 10438
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT112
WWUS55 KPUB 262058
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
258 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
COC041-101-262115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160526T2115Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-
258 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO AND NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES...
AT 258 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANOVER...OR
29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HANOVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3840 10435 3851 10439 3864 10446 3878 10442
3877 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 233DEG 11KT 3863 10435
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT130
WWUS55 KPUB 262107
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
307 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
COC041-101-262115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160526T2115Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-
307 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO AND NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES...
AT 307 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANOVER...OR
28 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HANOVER.
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 SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3846 10433 3857 10438 3864 10446 3878 10442
3877 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 196DEG 18KT 3868 10433
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT905
WWUS55 KPUB 262111
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
311 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
COC041-101-262120-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160526T2115Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-
311 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO AND
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY...NORTHWEST CROWLEY COUNTY...AND
EXTREME SOUTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM.
LAT...LON 3846 10433 3857 10438 3864 10446 3878 10442
3877 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 196DEG 18KT 3868 10433
$$
KTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:56 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 39 hr |
| May 26, 4:20 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 32 hr |
| May 26, 11:34 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 56 min |
| May 26, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 61 min |
| May 26, 1:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| May 26, 1:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| May 26, 1:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| May 26, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 47 min |
| May 26, 1:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 114 min |
| May 26, 2:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| May 26, 2:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 53 min |
| May 26, 2:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 10 min |
| May 26, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 32 min |
| May 26, 2:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 58 min |
| May 26, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| May 26, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 57 min |
| May 26, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 26, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 59 min |
| May 26, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 56 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.