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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 27, 2016Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2016, 2:07 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 min. 3 reports 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
May 27, 2016, 2:07 PM MDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2016, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 2:43 PM MDTTORNADO5 N Towner, COBRIEF TOUCHDOWN OBSERVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
May 27, 2:55 PM MDTTORNADO1 Ese Towner, COTORNADO DURATION 5 MINUTES.
May 27, 2:55 PM MDTTORNADO1 Ese Towner, 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, 8.1 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 2016-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

543 
WUUS55 KPUB 272007
SVRPUB
COC061-272045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0030.160527T2007Z-160527T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
207 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 207 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWNER...OR
  21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING WEST 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...
  SHERIDAN LAKE...BRANDON...CHIVINGTON AND TOWNER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3844 10256 3861 10261 3861 10205 3845 10204
      3841 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 108DEG 17KT 3853 10218 

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

KT
2 follow-up statements
207 
WWUS55 KPUB 272020
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
220 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

COC061-272045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160527T2045Z/
KIOWA CO-
220 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 219 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHERIDAN
LAKE... OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING WEST 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...
SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3848 10257 3861 10261 3861 10205 3845 10204
      3844 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 108DEG 17KT 3855 10225 

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

KT
331 
WWUS55 KPUB 272030
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
230 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

COC061-272045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160527T2045Z/
KIOWA CO-
230 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 230 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWNER...OR 20
MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...MOVING WEST 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...
SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3846 10235 3861 10235 3861 10205 3845 10204
      3844 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 106DEG 13KT 3852 10213 

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

KT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 1:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa49 min
May 27, 2:44 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBKiowa31 min
May 27, 3:10 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUBKiowa35 min
May 27, 3:43 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa32 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.