Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2016, 3:44 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 8, 2016, 3:44 PM MDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2016, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 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), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:54 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 S Ellicott, CO | . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS55 KPUB 082144
SVRPUB
COC041-101-082215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0256.160808T2144Z-160808T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
344 PM MDT MON AUG 8 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 415 PM MDT
* AT 344 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
HANOVER...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST 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 AND TRUCKTON.
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 3870 10405 3841 10428 3859 10462 3882 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 294DEG 22KT 3865 10442
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SR4 follow-up statements
241
WWUS55 KPUB 082154
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
354 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016
COC041-101-082215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0256.000000T0000Z-160808T2215Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-
354 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO AND NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...
AT 353 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANOVER...OR
28 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HANOVER AND TRUCKTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10405 3841 10428 3859 10462 3882 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 294DEG 22KT 3863 10435
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SR864
WWUS55 KPUB 082201
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
401 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016
COC041-101-082215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0256.000000T0000Z-160808T2215Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-
401 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO AND NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...
AT 400 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
HANOVER...OR 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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 AND TRUCKTON.
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 3870 10405 3841 10428 3859 10462 3882 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 294DEG 22KT 3861 10429
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SR639
WWUS55 KPUB 082208
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
408 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016
COC041-101-082215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0256.000000T0000Z-160808T2215Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-
408 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO AND NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...
AT 407 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
TRUCKTON...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HANOVER AND TRUCKTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10405 3841 10428 3859 10462 3882 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 294DEG 22KT 3859 10424
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SR463
WWUS55 KPUB 082210
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
410 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016
COC041-101-082220-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0256.000000T0000Z-160808T2215Z/
EL PASO CO-PUEBLO CO-
410 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO AND NORTH
CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3870 10405 3841 10428 3859 10462 3882 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 294DEG 22KT 3859 10424
$$
SRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 92 min |
| Aug 7, 10:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 10:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 11:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 84 min |
| Aug 7, 11:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 1:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 1:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 116 min |
| Aug 8, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 2:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 3:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 3:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 50 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.