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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 11, 2011Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 4:14 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 16 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, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 12:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

436 
WUUS55 KPUB 112214
SVRPUB
COC099-112315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0035.110611T2214Z-110611T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
414 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 409 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
  HOLLY...OR 28 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PROWERS 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3797 10210 3812 10223 3824 10204 3823 10204
      3800 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 235DEG 22KT 3810 10207
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
2 follow-up statements
829 
WWUS55 KPUB 112225
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
425 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011

COC099-112315-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110611T2315Z/
PROWERS CO-
425 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM MDT...

AT 423 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
NORTHEAST OF HOLLY...OR 33 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 3797 10210 3812 10223 3824 10204 3823 10204
      3800 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 235DEG 22KT 3814 10200
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
726 
WWUS55 KPUB 112230 RRA
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
430 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011

COC099-112240-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110611T2315Z/
PROWERS CO-
430 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3797 10210 3812 10223 3824 10204 3823 10204
      3800 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 235DEG 22KT 3816 10197

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 12:52 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Baca, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer and 9 more32 hr
Jun 11, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero32 min
Jun 11, 2:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent59 min
Jun 11, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas54 min
Jun 11, 2:48 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas42 min
Jun 11, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers59 min
Jun 11, 3:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Las Animas63 min
Jun 11, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers65 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.