Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 7:37 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports 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, 7:37 PM MDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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, 7:56 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Towner, CO | RELAYED REPORT FROM EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Jun 17, 8:24 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Brandon, 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.
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WUUS55 KPUB 180137
SVRPUB
COC061-099-180230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0041.110618T0137Z-110618T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
737 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...
NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT
* AT 735 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
BRANDON...OR 27 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRANDON...SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3806 10205 3835 10255 3862 10236 3862 10204
3812 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 297DEG 27KT 3842 10238
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
946
WWUS55 KPUB 180209
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
809 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
COC061-099-180230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110618T0230Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-
809 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA
AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM MDT...
AT 806 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
SOUTH OF TOWNER...OR 34 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
IN ADDITION...AT 756 PM GOLF BALL SIZE HAILWAS REPORTED IN TOWNER
WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3806 10205 3835 10255 3862 10236 3862 10204
3812 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 292DEG 34KT 3831 10205
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$367
WWUS55 KPUB 180219
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
819 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
COC061-099-180230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110618T0230Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-
819 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA
AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM MDT...
AT 814 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BRANDON...OR 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER.
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 1000 PM MDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3806 10205 3835 10255 3862 10236 3862 10204
3812 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 292DEG 34KT 3843 10233
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 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.