Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2016, 11:43 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 19 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
- Jul 28, 2016, 11:43 PM MDT (05:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2016, 12:02 AM MDT
- In force
- 19 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), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 7:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1611 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted.
540
WUUS55 KPUB 290543
SVRPUB
COC041-290615-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0243.160729T0543Z-160729T0615Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1143 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1215 AM MDT
* AT 1143 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALHAN...OR
26 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
CALHAN...RAMAH...RUSH AND PEYTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3882 10406 3894 10453 3911 10447 3913 10430
3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 285DEG 20KT 3901 10437
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KAM3 follow-up statements
573
WWUS55 KPUB 290549
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1149 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2016
COC041-290615-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-160729T0615Z/
EL PASO CO-
1149 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 1149 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CALHAN...OR
29 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALHAN...RAMAH AND RUSH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 10446 3912 10439 3913 10430 3913 10405
3882 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0549Z 280DEG 20KT 3901 10432
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KAM289
WWUS55 KPUB 290557
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1157 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2016
COC041-290615-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-160729T0615Z/
EL PASO CO-
1157 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 1157 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALHAN...OR
32 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST 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...
CALHAN AND RUSH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3891 10441 3909 10432 3906 10405 3882 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 285DEG 21KT 3899 10425
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KAM160
WWUS55 KPUB 290602
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1202 AM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016
COC041-290612-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-160729T0615Z/
EL PASO CO-
1202 AM MDT FRI JUL 29 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3891 10441 3909 10432 3906 10405 3882 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0600Z 285DEG 20KT 3898 10421
$$
KAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 44 min | |
| Jul 28, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 6:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 7:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 8:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 8:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 9:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 9:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 9:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 9:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 9:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 10:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 10:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 10:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 2:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 34 min |
| Jul 29, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 43 min | |
| Jul 29, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.