Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 9:49 AM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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 24, 2011, 9:49 AM MDT (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 10:18 AM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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 nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290
WUUS55 KPUB 241549
SVRPUB
COC025-089-101-241630-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0012.110524T1549Z-110524T1630Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
949 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1030 AM MDT
* AT 947 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF ORDWAY...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLNEY SPRINGS...CROWLEY...ORDWAY AND SUGAR CITY.
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.
&&
STARK
LAT...LON 3801 10357 3805 10394 3824 10404 3852 10416
3851 10356
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 178DEG 20KT 3815 10377
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
071
WWUS55 KPUB 241604
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1004 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
COC025-089-101-241630-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110524T1630Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO-
1004 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
PUEBLO...CROWLEY AND NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM
MDT...
AT 1001 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ORDWAY...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CROWLEY...
NORTH CENTRAL OTERO AND NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
STARK
LAT...LON 3801 10357 3805 10394 3824 10404 3852 10416
3851 10356
TIME...MOT...LOC 1604Z 178DEG 20KT 3823 10377
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$158
WWUS55 KPUB 241618
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1018 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
COC025-089-101-241628-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110524T1630Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO-
1018 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO...CROWLEY
AND NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3801 10357 3805 10394 3824 10404 3852 10416
3851 10356
TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 178DEG 20KT 3827 10376
$$
STARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:47 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 58 min |
| May 24, 9:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| May 24, 11:08 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 24 min |
| May 24, 12:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 54 min |
| May 24, 12:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 62 min |
| May 24, 1:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 28 min |
| May 24, 1:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 42 min |
| May 24, 1:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 13 min |
| May 24, 2:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 22 min |
| May 24, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 35 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.