Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2011, 7:58 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
- May 28, 2011, 7:58 PM MDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2011, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:03 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Rush, CO | ENDED AT 813 PM. |
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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
519 WUUS55 KPUB 290158 SVRPUB COC041-290230- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0019.110529T0158Z-110529T0230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 758 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 830 PM MDT * AT 753 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR YODER...OR 31 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSH. 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. THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3906 10404 3880 10406 3872 10424 3887 10436 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 241DEG 25KT 3884 10419 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
610 WWUS55 KPUB 290211 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 811 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011 COC041-290230- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110529T0230Z/ EL PASO CO- 811 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT... AT 806 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSH...OR 36 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSH. RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3878 10419 3894 10425 3906 10404 3880 10406 TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 256DEG 28KT 3885 10408 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
290 WWUS55 KPUB 290222 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 822 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011 COC041-290233- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110529T0230Z/ EL PASO CO- 822 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3878 10419 3894 10425 3906 10404 3880 10406 TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 256DEG 28KT 3887 10396 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:45 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 8 more | 41 hr |
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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.