Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2011, 6:46 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 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
- Jul 28, 2011, 6:46 PM MDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2011, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 7:00 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 N Lamar, 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 (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 2987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
413 WUUS55 KPUB 290046 SVRPUB COC011-061-099-290145- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0104.110729T0046Z-110729T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 646 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 643 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...WILEY AND QUEENS RESERVOIR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3839 10266 3825 10236 3793 10266 3802 10286 TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 213DEG 15KT 3806 10269 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
345 WWUS55 KPUB 290102 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 702 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011 COC011-061-099-290145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-110729T0145Z/ PROWERS CO-BENT CO-KIOWA CO- 702 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA...NORTHEASTERN BENT AND NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 701 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... QUEENS RESERVOIR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3839 10266 3825 10236 3793 10266 3802 10286 TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 213DEG 15KT 3814 10264 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
565 WWUS55 KPUB 290120 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 720 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011 COC011-061-099-290145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-110729T0145Z/ PROWERS CO-BENT CO-KIOWA CO- 720 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA...NORTHEASTERN BENT AND NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 715 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF WILEY...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... QUEENS RESERVOIR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3839 10266 3825 10236 3793 10266 3802 10286 TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 213DEG 15KT 3820 10259 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
609 WWUS55 KPUB 290147 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 747 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011 COC011-061-099-290156- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-110729T0145Z/ PROWERS CO-BENT CO-KIOWA CO- 747 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA... NORTHEASTERN BENT AND NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MDT. LAT...LON 3839 10266 3825 10236 3793 10266 3802 10286 TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 213DEG 15KT 3820 10259 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 7:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 84 min |
| Jul 28, 7:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:01 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 17 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
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.