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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 18, 2018El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2018, 2:40 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min. 5 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 18, 2018, 2:40 PM MDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2018, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
35 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), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 2:56 PM MDTHAIL 15 Ne Manitou Springs, CO
May 18, 2:57 PM MDTHAIL 15 Ne Manitou Springs, CO
May 18, 2:59 PM MDTHAIL 14 Ne Manitou Springs, CO
May 18, 3:06 PM MDTHAIL 1.55 Ne Manitou Springs, CO
May 18, 3:10 PM MDTHAIL 1.252 N 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2018-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 190 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2018-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

195 
WUUS55 KPUB 182040
SVRPUB
COC041-182115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0007.180518T2040Z-180518T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
240 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2018

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

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

* Until 315 PM MDT

* At 240 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over western
  Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 10 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, Air Force Academy, Manitou Springs and Black
  Forest.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3880 10473 3883 10497 3899 10494 3903 10469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 236DEG 7KT 3887 10490 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT
2 follow-up statements
420 
WWUS55 KPUB 182051
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
251 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2018

COC041-182115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-180518T2115Z/
El Paso CO-
251 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

At 251 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over western
Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 10 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, Air Force Academy, Manitou Springs and Black
Forest.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3881 10473 3884 10495 3899 10494 3903 10469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 235DEG 7KT 3888 10489 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT
423 
WWUS55 KPUB 182102
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
302 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2018

COC041-182115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-180518T2115Z/
El Paso CO-
302 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

At 302 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over northwestern
Colorado Springs, moving northeast at 10 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, Air Force Academy, Manitou Springs, Black Forest
and Cimarron Hills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3885 10472 3886 10495 3899 10494 3903 10469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 218DEG 11KT 3891 10487 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 4:14 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas10 hr
May 18, 2:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont34 min
May 18, 2:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont29 min
May 18, 2:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller25 min
May 18, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont31 min
May 18, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller35 min
May 18, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso48 min
May 18, 3:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo38 min
May 18, 3:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso2 hr
May 18, 3:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso94 min
May 18, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso51 min
May 18, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo35 min
May 18, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont29 min
May 18, 4:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Las Animas, Otero50 min
May 18, 5:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont36 min
May 18, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero46 min
May 18, 5:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo26 min
May 18, 5:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso36 min
May 18, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas35 min
May 18, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo46 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.