Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 1:53 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 11, 2011, 1:53 PM MDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2011, 2:25 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 12:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
726
WUUS55 KPUB 111953
SVRPUB
COC011-089-112100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0029.110611T1953Z-110611T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
153 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 300 PM MDT
* AT 151 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 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TIMPAS...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGBEE.
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 3778 10383 3806 10336 3766 10332 3764 10352
3764 10375
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 244DEG 17KT 3774 10368
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
409
WWUS55 KPUB 112013
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
213 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011
COC011-089-112100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110611T2100Z/
OTERO CO-BENT CO-
213 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
BENT AND SOUTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT...
AT 211 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
WEST OF HIGBEE...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGBEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3765 10365 3783 10369 3806 10336 3766 10332
3764 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 244DEG 17KT 3778 10357
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$496
WWUS55 KPUB 112025
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
225 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011
COC011-089-112033-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110611T2100Z/
OTERO CO-BENT CO-
225 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BENT AND
SOUTHEASTERN 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...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
CENTRAL BENT COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM MDT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3765 10365 3783 10369 3806 10336 3766 10332
3764 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 244DEG 17KT 3780 10352
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 12:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer and 9 more | 32 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 2:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 16 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.