Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2018, 4:23 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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 28, 2018, 4:23 PM MDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2018, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 28, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
954
WUUS55 KPUB 282223
SVRPUB
COC041-282300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0039.180528T2223Z-180528T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
423 PM MDT MON MAY 28 2018
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central El Paso County in east central Colorado...
* Until 500 PM MDT
* At 422 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fountain, or
15 miles southeast of Colorado Springs, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
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...
Eastern Colorado Springs, Fountain, Peterson AFB,
Security and Widefield.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3854 10459 3860 10473 3893 10473 3885 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 196DEG 15KT 3864 10466
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
282 follow-up statements
130
WWUS55 KPUB 282235
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
435 PM MDT MON MAY 28 2018
COC041-282300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180528T2300Z/
El Paso CO-
435 PM MDT MON MAY 28 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
At 434 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fountain, or 14
miles southeast of Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Portions of Fountain, far eastern portions of Security and Widefield
and Schriever AFB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3855 10459 3857 10466 3860 10473 3893 10473
3885 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 204DEG 13KT 3868 10464
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28904
WWUS55 KPUB 282245
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
445 PM MDT MON MAY 28 2018
COC041-282300-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180528T2300Z/
El Paso CO-
445 PM MDT MON MAY 28 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
At 445 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Schriever AFB,
or 14 miles southeast of Colorado Springs, moving northeast 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.
Locations impacted include...
Schriever AFB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3864 10455 3867 10462 3871 10469 3892 10469
3885 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 219DEG 19KT 3873 10459
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| May 28, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| May 28, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 43 min |
| May 28, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| May 28, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 27 min |
| May 28, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 35 min |
| May 28, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| May 28, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| May 28, 5:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| May 28, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 30 min |
| May 28, 5:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Douglas | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.