Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 6:48 PM MDT for Kiowa 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, 6:48 PM MDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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, 7:13 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Eads, CO | DEPUTY REPORTED NUMEROUS POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN. |
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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
905 WUUS55 KPUB 180048 SVRPUB COC061-180145- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0039.110618T0048Z-110618T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 648 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 647 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 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIT CARSON...OR 42 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EADS...CHIVINGTON...BRANDON AND SHERIDAN LAKE. 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. INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3826 10241 3859 10310 3862 10307 3862 10208 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 299DEG 33KT 3865 10286 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
902 WWUS55 KPUB 180107 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 707 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 COC061-180145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110618T0145Z/ KIOWA CO- 707 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 704 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF EADS...OR 35 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHIVINGTON...BRANDON AND SHERIDAN LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3862 10279 3862 10208 3826 10241 3844 10279 TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 299DEG 33KT 3857 10266 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
808 WWUS55 KPUB 180128 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 728 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 COC061-180145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110618T0145Z/ KIOWA CO- 728 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 726 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 CHIVINGTON...OR 27 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRANDON AND SHERIDAN LAKE. 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. INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3862 10279 3862 10208 3826 10241 3844 10279 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 300DEG 28KT 3844 10247 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, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 17 min |
| Jun 17, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 9:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 3:03 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 5:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 50 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.