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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 26, 2016El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2016, 1:08 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 min. 6 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 26, 2016, 1:08 PM MDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 1:45 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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 26, 1:29 PM MDTHAIL 12 Nw Peterson Afb, CO
May 26, 1:30 PM MDTHAIL 15 Nnw Peterson Afb, CO
May 26, 1:31 PM MDTHAIL 14 Nw Peterson Afb, CO
May 26, 1:45 PM MDTHAIL 14 N Peterson Afb, CO
May 26, 1:45 PM MDTHAIL 15 Nnw Peterson Afb, CO
May 26, 1:54 PM MDTHAIL 13 N Falcon, 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, 7.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2016-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

566 
WWUS85 KPUB 261908
SPSPUB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
108 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
 
COZ081-084-085-261945-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
108 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL
145 PM MDT...

AT 108 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MANITOU SPRINGS...OR NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS...
BLACK FOREST...FALCON...CIMARRON HILLS...CASCADE AND GLENEAGLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3878 10489 3888 10499 3913 10476 3892 10453
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 241DEG 8KT 3886 10490 

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:56 PM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller39 hr
May 26, 4:20 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more32 hr
May 26, 11:34 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller56 min
May 26, 12:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas61 min
May 26, 1:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso24 min
May 26, 1:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso48 min
May 26, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo47 min
May 26, 1:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso114 min
May 26, 2:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso26 min
May 26, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero, Pueblo53 min
May 26, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo52 min
May 26, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso10 min
May 26, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, El Paso, Pueblo32 min
May 26, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Otero, Pueblo58 min
May 26, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso45 min
May 26, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley57 min
May 26, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa31 min
May 26, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa59 min
May 26, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa43 min
May 26, 5:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa56 min

Nearby

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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.