Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2016, 5:17 PM MDT for Costilla County, Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 20, 2016, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Costilla County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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 nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
929
WUUS55 KPUB 202317
SVRPUB
COC023-055-071-210000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0263.160820T2317Z-160821T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
517 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 517 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF STONEWALL...OR 33 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD...AND IS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
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...
CUCHARA PASS AND CUCHARA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3742 10517 3735 10496 3704 10508 3716 10533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 028DEG 4KT 3722 10511
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT2 follow-up statements
572
WWUS55 KPUB 202342
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
542 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2016
COC055-202352-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-160821T0000Z/
HUERFANO CO-
542 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3724 10517 3720 10502 3704 10508 3714 10529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 001DEG 6KT 3717 10511
$$
COC023-071-210000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-160821T0000Z/
COSTILLA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
542 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COSTILLA AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...
AT 542 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STONEWALL...OR
33 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 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.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN COSTILLA AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3724 10517 3720 10502 3704 10508 3714 10529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 001DEG 6KT 3717 10511
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT112 WWUS55 KPUB 202351 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 551 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2016 COC023-071-210000- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-160821T0000Z/ COSTILLA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO- 551 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR EASTERN COSTILLA AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... AT 551 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STONEWALL...OR 33 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN COSTILLA AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3720 10519 3715 10504 3704 10508 3712 10526 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 012DEG 10KT 3714 10512 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 118 min |
| Aug 19, 6:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 111 min |
| Aug 19, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 7:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 8:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 82 min |
| Aug 19, 8:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 90 min |
| Aug 19, 9:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 96 min |
| Aug 20, 4:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Mineral, Rio Grande | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Las Animas | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 5:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
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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.