Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 2:48 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 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 17, 2011, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:20 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Ssw Ramah, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1450 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS55 KPUB 172048
SVRPUB
COC041-172145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0036.110617T2048Z-110617T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
248 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 345 PM MDT
* AT 245 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
PEYTON...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALHAN AND RAMAH.
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 3912 10404 3906 10404 3891 10449 3907 10461
3913 10448 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 240DEG 23KT 3904 10445
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
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WWUS55 KPUB 172052
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
252 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
COC041-172145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110617T2145Z/
EL PASO CO-
252 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 249 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PEYTON...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALHAN AND RAMAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3912 10404 3906 10404 3891 10449 3907 10461
3913 10448 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 241DEG 22KT 3903 10442
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$115
WWUS55 KPUB 172109
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
309 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
COC041-172145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110617T2145Z/
EL PASO CO-
309 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 306 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
CALHAN...OR 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAMAH.
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 800 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3913 10448 3913 10405 3912 10404 3906 10404
3893 10443
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 247DEG 21KT 3905 10428
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$029
WWUS55 KPUB 172118
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
318 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
COC041-172145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110617T2145Z/
EL PASO CO-
318 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT...
AT 314 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CALHAN...OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
IN ADDITION...AT 315 PM ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...COVERING THE
GROUND UP TO 3 INCHES DEEP...WAS REPORTED IN CALHAN WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALHAN AND RAMAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3913 10443 3913 10405 3912 10404 3906 10404
3895 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 247DEG 21KT 3906 10424
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:41 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 12 more | 25 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:41 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 3:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 18 min |
| Jun 17, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 16 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.