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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 26, 2016Crowley County, El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 2:45 PM MDT for Crowley County, El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 2:45 PM MDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 3:17 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

001 
WUUS55 KPUB 262045
SVRPUB
COC025-041-101-262130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0025.160526T2045Z-160526T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
245 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...
  NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 244 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
  PUEBLO DEPOT...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...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...
  PUEBLO DEPOT.

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 3852 10405 3852 10397 3834 10390 3828 10436
      3855 10444 3868 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 253DEG 14KT 3843 10430 

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

KT
3 follow-up statements
901 
WWUS55 KPUB 262056
SVSPUB

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

COC025-041-101-262130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160526T2130Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-CROWLEY CO-
256 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN
CROWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 256 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HANOVER TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PUEBLO DEPOT...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...
PUEBLO DEPOT.

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 3852 10405 3852 10397 3834 10390 3829 10430
      3856 10441 3868 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 280DEG 23KT 3852 10430 3835 10422 

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

KT
563 
WWUS55 KPUB 262106
SVSPUB

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

COC025-041-101-262130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160526T2130Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-CROWLEY CO-
306 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN
CROWLEY COUNTIES...

AT 306 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HANOVER TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BOONE...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. 

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY
COUNTIES.

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 3852 10405 3852 10397 3834 10390 3830 10423
      3857 10439 3868 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 253DEG 14KT 3853 10425 3836 10418 

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

KT
149 
WWUS55 KPUB 262117
SVSPUB

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

COC025-041-101-262127-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160526T2130Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-CROWLEY CO-
317 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE 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 THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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

LAT...LON 3852 10405 3852 10397 3834 10390 3830 10423
      3857 10439 3868 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 253DEG 14KT 3854 10421 3837 10414 

$$

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, 1:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso48 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, 2:47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.