Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 11:08 AM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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, 11:08 AM MDT (17:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 11:32 AM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
920
WUUS55 KPUB 241708
SVRPUB
COC061-241745-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0013.110524T1708Z-110524T1745Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1108 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1145 AM MDT
* AT 1106 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HASWELL...OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...
AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY.
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 3838 10291 3837 10334 3852 10326 3852 10318
3860 10318 3861 10317 3862 10314 3861 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 186DEG 12KT 3849 10314
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS55 KPUB 241719
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1119 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
COC061-241745-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110524T1745Z/
KIOWA CO-
1119 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA
COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM MDT...
AT 1115 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF HASWELL...OR 41 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
STARK
LAT...LON 3838 10291 3838 10325 3852 10326 3852 10318
3860 10318 3861 10317 3862 10314 3861 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 186DEG 12KT 3853 10314
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$806
WWUS55 KPUB 241732
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1132 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
COC061-241742-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110524T1745Z/
KIOWA CO-
1132 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3838 10291 3838 10325 3852 10326 3852 10318
3860 10318 3861 10317 3862 10314 3861 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 186DEG 12KT 3857 10313
$$
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, 9:49 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 29 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.