Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2011, 12:44 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 11, 2011, 12:44 PM MDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2011, 1:14 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 583 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
850 WUUS55 KPUB 111844 SVRPUB COC025-089-111945- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0002.110511T1844Z-110511T1945Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1244 PM MDT WED MAY 11 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... * UNTIL 145 PM MDT * AT 1240 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 CHERAW...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUGAR CITY AND ORDWAY. 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 3829 10400 3849 10362 3808 10346 3802 10361 TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 148DEG 12KT 3809 10356 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
407 WWUS55 KPUB 111853 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1253 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011 COC025-089-111945- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110511T1945Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO- 1253 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM MDT... AT 1251 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHERAW...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUGAR CITY AND ORDWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3806 10359 3829 10400 3849 10362 3810 10347 TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 166DEG 10KT 3812 10355 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
554
WWUS55 KPUB 111901
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
101 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011
COC025-089-111945-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110511T1945Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-
101 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM MDT...
AT 1259 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
CHERAW...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3810 10348 3807 10358 3833 10378 3838 10358
3812 10348
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 163DEG 11KT 3813 10354
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$836
WWUS55 KPUB 111914
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
114 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011
COC025-089-111925-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110511T1945Z/
OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-
114 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY AND
NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3810 10348 3807 10358 3833 10378 3838 10358
3812 10348
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 163DEG 11KT 3817 10356
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 18 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.