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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 26, 2017El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2017, 5:41 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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, 2017, 5:41 PM MDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2017, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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
May 26, 5:50 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	3 E Peyton, CO

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
May 26, 1:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

539 
WUUS55 KPUB 262341
SVRPUB
COC041-270015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0063.170526T2341Z-170527T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
541 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 615 PM MDT

* At 541 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Peyton, or 25
  miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Calhan, Ramah and Peyton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows!

This thunderstorm is capable of producing all types of severe weather
including extremely large hail, destructive straight line winds and
tornadoes. Move quickly to a safe shelter such as an interior room, a
bathroom, closet or basement.

&&

LAT...LON 3892 10406 3894 10454 3913 10455 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 251DEG 18KT 3905 10444 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

kam

2 follow-up statements

758 
WWUS55 KPUB 262358
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
558 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

COC041-270015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-170527T0015Z/
El Paso CO-
558 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

At 558 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Calhan, or 28
miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

Locations impacted include...
Calhan, Ramah and Peyton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows.

This thunderstorm is capable of producing all types of severe weather
including extremely large hail, destructive straight line winds and
tornadoes. Move quickly to a safe shelter, such as an interior room,
a bathroom or closet or basement.

&&

LAT...LON 3892 10406 3894 10454 3913 10449 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 248DEG 13KT 3907 10438 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

kam

484 
WWUS55 KPUB 270005
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
605 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

COC041-270015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-170527T0015Z/
El Paso CO-
605 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

At 604 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Calhan, or 31
miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Public. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Calhan, Ramah and Peyton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows.

This thunderstorm is capable of producing all types of severe weather
including extremely large hail, destructive straight line winds and
tornadoes. Move quickly to a safe shelter, such as an interior room,
a bathroom or closet or basement.

&&

LAT...LON 3892 10406 3894 10454 3913 10449 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 251DEG 18KT 3908 10434 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

kam

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	31 min
May 26, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	42 min
May 26, 4:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	26 min
May 26, 5:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	38 min
May 26, 5:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	46 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.