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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:29 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nw Peterson Afb, CO | |
| May 26, 1:30 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nnw Peterson Afb, CO | |
| May 26, 1:31 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nw Peterson Afb, CO | |
| May 26, 1:45 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 N Peterson Afb, CO | |
| May 26, 1:45 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nnw Peterson Afb, CO | |
| May 26, 1:54 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 3 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:56 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 39 hr |
| May 26, 4:20 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 32 hr |
| May 26, 11:34 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 56 min |
| May 26, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 61 min |
| May 26, 1:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| May 26, 1:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| May 26, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 47 min |
| May 26, 1:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 114 min |
| May 26, 2:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| May 26, 2:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 53 min |
| May 26, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 52 min |
| May 26, 2:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 10 min |
| May 26, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 32 min |
| May 26, 2:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 58 min |
| May 26, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| May 26, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 57 min |
| May 26, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 26, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 59 min |
| May 26, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 56 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.