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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 1, 2011Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2011, 4:57 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 1, 2011, 4:57 PM MDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
33 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), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 5:15 PM MDTFUNNEL CLOUD10 S Kim, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 2:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 268 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2010 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

657 
WUUS55 KPUB 012257
SVRPUB
COC071-012330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0023.110601T2257Z-110601T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
457 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 453 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 13
  MILES EAST OF BRANSON...OR 48 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KIM AROUND 530 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER 
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION 
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR 
BUSINESS. 

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10372 3727 10389 3748 10312 3700 10309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 228DEG 28KT 3707 10362
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
STARK
2 follow-up statements
934 
WWUS55 KPUB 012314
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
514 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011

COC071-012330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110601T2330Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
514 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT...

AT 510 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 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KIM...OR 52 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KIM AROUND 520 PM MDT.

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.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3700 10359 3730 10376 3748 10312 3700 10309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 219DEG 44KT 3719 10347
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
STARK
410 
WWUS55 KPUB 012328
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
528 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011

COC071-012338-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110601T2330Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
528 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT...

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...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE 
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3700 10359 3730 10376 3748 10312 3700 10309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 224DEG 36KT 3733 10334

$$
STARK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:47 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Conejos, Costilla, El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo and 2 more23 hr
Jun 1, 9:15 AM MDTRiver Flood WatchPUBLake3 days
Jun 1, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero, Pueblo58 min
Jun 1, 3:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas41 min
Jun 1, 3:20 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 12 more30 hr
Jun 1, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Otero61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.