Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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
- May 31, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2016, 8:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:44 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nnw Rush, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
225
WUUS55 KPUB 010130
SVRPUB
COC041-010245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0035.160601T0130Z-160601T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
730 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 845 PM MDT
* AT 730 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSH...OR 34
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRUCKTON...RUSH AND YODER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 10405 3853 10405 3853 10421 3893 10428
3901 10408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 331DEG 13KT 3891 10413
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$4 follow-up statements
472
WWUS55 KPUB 010143
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
743 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
COC041-010245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160601T0245Z/
EL PASO CO-
743 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 742 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSH...OR 35
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRUCKTON...RUSH AND YODER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 10405 3853 10405 3853 10421 3893 10428
3901 10408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 331DEG 13KT 3887 10410
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$945
WWUS55 KPUB 010149
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
749 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
COC041-010245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160601T0245Z/
EL PASO CO-
749 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 749 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSH...OR 34
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRUCKTON...RUSH AND YODER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 10405 3853 10405 3853 10421 3893 10428
3901 10408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 355DEG 8KT 3888 10409
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$284
WWUS55 KPUB 010200
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
800 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
COC041-010245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160601T0245Z/
EL PASO CO-
800 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 800 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSH...OR 36
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3886 10418 3890 10405 3853 10405 3853 10413
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 346DEG 18KT 3883 10406
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$965
WWUS55 KPUB 010220
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
820 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
COC041-010230-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160601T0245Z/
EL PASO CO-
820 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3886 10418 3890 10405 3853 10405 3853 10413
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 331DEG 13KT 3877 10401
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 95 min |
| May 31, 6:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 69 min |
| May 31, 6:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 85 min |
| May 31, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 90 min |
| May 31, 7:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| May 31, 7:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 91 min |
| May 31, 7:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 93 min |
| May 31, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 88 min |
| May 31, 7:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 79 min |
| May 31, 8:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 31, 8:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 84 min |
| May 31, 9:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 91 min |
| May 31, 9:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 31, 10:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 90 min |
| May 31, 10:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers | 62 min |
| May 31, 10:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers | 3 hr |
| May 31, 11:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 1:53 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 20 min |
| Jun 1, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 24 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.