Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2016, 2:39 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 15, 2016, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2016, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2:50 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Eads, CO | |
| Apr 15, 2:50 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 Sw Eads, CO | |
| Apr 15, 3:20 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 N Eads, CO | VIA TWITTER |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
726
WFUS55 KPUB 152039
TORPUB
COC061-152115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0003.160415T2039Z-160415T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
239 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 315 PM MDT
* AT 238 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EADS...OR 28 MILES NORTH OF
LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
NEAR EADS IN NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3839 10273 3840 10289 3862 10287 3861 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 191DEG 19KT 3847 10280
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
KT4 follow-up statements
074
WWUS55 KPUB 152052
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
252 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
COC061-152115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160415T2115Z/
KIOWA CO-
252 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...
AT 250 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR EADS...OR 29 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 248 PM...PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EADS. THE CENTER OF
THE NEW ROTATING WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF EADS.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3839 10273 3840 10289 3862 10287 3861 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 197DEG 21KT 3849 10272
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
KT858
WWUS55 KPUB 152056
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
256 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
COC061-152115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160415T2115Z/
KIOWA CO-
256 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...
AT 256 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR EADS...OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3845 10270 3846 10282 3862 10282 3861 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 191DEG 19KT 3852 10271
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
KT546
WWUS55 KPUB 152105
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
305 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
COC061-152115-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160415T2115Z/
KIOWA CO-
305 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...
AT 305 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR EADS...OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 10267 3850 10282 3862 10282 3861 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 179DEG 14KT 3855 10274
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
KT532
WWUS55 KPUB 152113
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
313 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
COC061-152122-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160415T2115Z/
KIOWA CO-
313 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
315 PM MDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3849 10267 3850 10282 3862 10282 3861 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 191DEG 19KT 3855 10274
$$The 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, 2:47 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, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 48 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 |
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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.