Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2011, 5:43 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 29, 2011, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2011, 6:17 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 2876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
123 WUUS55 KPUB 292343 SVRPUB COC071-300045- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0124.110829T2343Z-110830T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 543 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 645 PM MDT * AT 541 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 20 MILES NORTH OF BRANSON...OR 40 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KIM. 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 3700 10404 3740 10386 3745 10329 3699 10338 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 286DEG 19KT 3729 10378 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
744
WWUS55 KPUB 292357
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
557 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2011
COC071-300045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-110830T0045Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
557 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LAS
ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT...
AT 553 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 19 MILES
WEST OF KIM...OR 45 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 10388 3720 10387 3741 10379 3745 10329
3699 10338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 286DEG 19KT 3726 10368
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$207 WWUS55 KPUB 300009 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 609 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2011 COC071-300045- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-110830T0045Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 609 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT... AT 606 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF KIM...OR 51 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KIM. 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 3700 10378 3742 10365 3745 10329 3699 10338 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 285DEG 22KT 3723 10356 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$
153 WWUS55 KPUB 300017 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 617 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2011 COC071-300027- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-110830T0045Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 617 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3700 10378 3742 10365 3745 10329 3699 10338 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 285DEG 22KT 3722 10349 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 3:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 22 min |
| Aug 29, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.