Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2018, 5:13 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
- May 15, 2018, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2018, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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 15, 5:34 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Nne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| May 15, 5:54 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ene Colorado Springs, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
532
WUUS55 KPUB 152313
SVRPUB
COC041-152345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0004.180515T2313Z-180515T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
513 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central El Paso County in east central Colorado...
* Until 545 PM MDT
* At 512 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over western
Colorado Springs, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Colorado Springs, Falcon and Cimarron Hills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3883 10482 3889 10486 3900 10460 3884 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 250DEG 13KT 3887 10479
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
285 follow-up statements
667
WWUS55 KPUB 152318
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
518 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018
COC041-152345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180515T2345Z/
El Paso CO-
518 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
At 517 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over northwestern
Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Colorado Springs, Falcon and Cimarron Hills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3883 10482 3890 10485 3900 10460 3884 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 241DEG 11KT 3888 10478
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
28913 WWUS55 KPUB 152324 SVSPUB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 524 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018 COC041-152345- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180515T2345Z/ El Paso CO- 524 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... At 524 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over northwestern Colorado Springs, moving east at 10 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Colorado Springs, Falcon and Cimarron Hills. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3883 10480 3890 10485 3900 10460 3884 10449 TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 258DEG 9KT 3888 10476 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ 28
886 WWUS55 KPUB 152331 SVSPUB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 531 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018 COC041-152345- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180515T2345Z/ El Paso CO- 531 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... At 530 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over northwestern Colorado Springs, moving east at 5 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Colorado Springs and Cimarron Hills. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3883 10480 3890 10485 3900 10460 3884 10449 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 256DEG 4KT 3888 10476 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ 28
551 WWUS55 KPUB 152336 SVSPUB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 536 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018 COC041-152345- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180515T2345Z/ El Paso CO- 536 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... At 536 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over northeastern Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Colorado Springs, Falcon and Cimarron Hills. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3883 10480 3890 10484 3900 10460 3884 10449 TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 241DEG 8KT 3889 10475 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ 28
503
WWUS55 KPUB 152344
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
544 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018
COC041-152354-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180515T2345Z/
El Paso CO-
544 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3883 10480 3890 10484 3900 10460 3884 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 250DEG 13KT 3890 10472
$$
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 33 min |
| May 15, 2:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 31 min |
| May 15, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 31 min |
| May 15, 2:46 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Huerfano, Las Animas, Mineral and 3 more | 24 hr |
| May 15, 3:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| May 15, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 11 min |
| May 15, 3:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 35 min |
| May 15, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 47 min |
| May 15, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 33 min |
| May 15, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| May 15, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 35 min |
| May 15, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 28 min | |
| May 15, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| May 15, 5:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 26 min |
| May 15, 5:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| May 15, 5:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 37 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.