Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2016, 3:43 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
- May 27, 2016, 3:43 PM MDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
860
WFUS55 KPUB 272143
TORPUB
COC061-272215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0009.160527T2143Z-160527T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
343 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 415 PM MDT
* AT 342 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWNER...OR 20 MILES WEST OF
TRIBUNE...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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
NORTHEASTERN 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3841 10226 3861 10226 3861 10205 3860 10204
3848 10204 3841 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 097DEG 15KT 3851 10212
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
KT2 follow-up statements
724
WWUS55 KPUB 272155
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
355 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016
COC061-272215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160527T2215Z/
KIOWA CO-
355 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...
AT 354 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER TOWNER...OR 18 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE...MOVING WEST
AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOWNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3841 10218 3861 10218 3861 10205 3860 10204
3848 10204 3841 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 096DEG 11KT 3847 10209
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KT681
WWUS55 KPUB 272213
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
413 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016
COC061-272222-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160527T2215Z/
KIOWA CO-
413 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
415 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3841 10218 3861 10218 3861 10205 3860 10204
3848 10204 3841 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 097DEG 15KT 3847 10209
$$
EPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 49 min |
| May 27, 2:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 38 min |
| May 27, 2:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.