Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2016, 3:42 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 15, 2016, 3:42 PM MDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2016, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1:57 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
845
WUUS55 KPUB 152142
SVRPUB
COC011-061-152230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0004.160415T2142Z-160415T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
342 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
NORTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* AT 342 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HASTY...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
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.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT 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 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3813 10298 3814 10316 3859 10312 3858 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 190DEG 27KT 3823 10306
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT3 follow-up statements
648
WWUS55 KPUB 152152
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
352 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
COC011-061-152230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160415T2230Z/
KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
352 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...
AT 352 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF
BLUE LAKE...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3813 10298 3814 10316 3859 10312 3858 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 197DEG 23KT 3827 10304
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT924
WWUS55 KPUB 152203
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
403 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
COC011-061-152230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160415T2230Z/
KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
403 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...
AT 403 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HASWELL...OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
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.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT 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 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3813 10298 3814 10316 3859 10312 3858 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 195DEG 23KT 3832 10303
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KT006
WWUS55 KPUB 152217
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
417 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
COC011-061-152230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160415T2230Z/
KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
417 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES...
AT 417 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HASWELL...OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3813 10298 3814 10316 3859 10312 3858 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 199DEG 35KT 3832 10305
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 10:28 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 4 more | 41 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 1:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 2:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 2:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 3:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 20 min |
| Apr 15, 3:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 8 min |
| Apr 15, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.