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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 26, 2017El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2017, 6:54 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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 26, 2017, 6:54 PM MDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2017, 7:39 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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.

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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 1044 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 9.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

225 
WUUS55 KPUB 270054
SVRPUB
COC041-270200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0065.170527T0054Z-170527T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
654 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 800 PM MDT

* At 654 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Greenland, or
  20 miles north of Colorado Springs, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Monument, Air Force Academy, Palmer Lake, Black Forest and
  Gleneagle.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3901 10448 3902 10493 3913 10494 3913 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 265DEG 21KT 3913 10484 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

lw

3 follow-up statements

162 
WWUS55 KPUB 270109
SVSPUB

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

COC041-270200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-170527T0200Z/
El Paso CO-
709 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

At 709 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Peyton, or 22
miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north
central El Paso County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 10463 3913 10450 3901 10449 3901 10466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 268DEG 28KT 3907 10453 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

lw

955 
WWUS55 KPUB 270126
SVSPUB

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

COC041-270200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-170527T0200Z/
El Paso CO-
726 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

At 725 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Peyton, or 23
miles northeast of Colorado Springs, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north
central El Paso County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 10463 3913 10450 3901 10449 3901 10466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 252DEG 16KT 3907 10451 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

lw

230 
WWUS55 KPUB 270139
SVSPUB

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

COC041-270146-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-170527T0200Z/
El Paso CO-
739 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY 
CONTINUES THROUGH 8 PM...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of north central 
El Paso County into northeast El Paso County. Therefore the warning 
for north central El Paso County has been cancelled while the 
warning for northeast El Paso County continues.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
portions of east central Colorado.

LAT...LON 3913 10463 3913 10450 3901 10449 3901 10466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 265DEG 21KT 3908 10443 

$$

lw

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	50 min
May 26, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	61 min
May 26, 7:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
May 26, 8:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	21 min
May 27, 12:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	33 min
May 27, 1:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
May 27, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	39 min
May 27, 2:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	49 min
May 27, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	33 min
May 27, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	44 min
May 27, 3:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	51 min
May 27, 3:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	42 min
May 27, 3:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
May 27, 3:53 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	37 min
May 27, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	43 min
May 27, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	39 min
May 27, 4:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	27 min
May 27, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	38 min
May 27, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	48 min
May 27, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	32 min
May 27, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 27, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	52 min
May 27, 5:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
May 27, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	50 min
May 27, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	46 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.