Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 9:10 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 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, 9:10 PM MDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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, 9:21 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | Sw Lamar, CO | |
| Jun 17, 9:23 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Lamar, CO | LOCATED ON MEMORIAL DRIVE. |
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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 2689 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
609 WUUS55 KPUB 180310 SVRPUB COC061-099-180415- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0047.110618T0310Z-110618T0415Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 910 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 1015 PM MDT * AT 907 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM QUEENS RESERVOIR TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN...HOLLY 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. THESE STORMS HAVE EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3775 10203 3782 10273 3832 10272 3849 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 272DEG 31KT 3824 10262 3791 10262 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN $$
4 follow-up statements
983 WWUS55 KPUB 180325 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 925 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 COC061-099-180415- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110618T0415Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 925 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM MDT... AT 919 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUEENS RESERVOIR TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR. IN ADDITION...AT 923 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LAMAR. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN...HOLLY AND TOWNER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3784 10261 3833 10261 3849 10204 3775 10203 TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 272DEG 31KT 3824 10248 3791 10248 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN $$
247 WWUS55 KPUB 180336 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 936 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 COC061-099-180415- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110618T0415Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 936 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND EASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM MDT... AT 932 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRISTOL TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF GRANADA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN...HOLLY 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 3783 10250 3835 10249 3849 10204 3775 10203 TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 272DEG 31KT 3824 10235 3791 10235 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN $$
457 WWUS55 KPUB 180345 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 945 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 COC061-099-180415- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110618T0415Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 945 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND EASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM MDT... AT 941 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF BRISTOL TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF GRANADA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARTMAN AND HOLLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3830 10239 3838 10204 3775 10203 3781 10239 TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 272DEG 31KT 3824 10225 3791 10225 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN $$
772 WWUS55 KPUB 180408 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1008 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 COC061-099-180418- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110618T0415Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 1008 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND EASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM MDT... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LAT...LON 3830 10239 3838 10204 3775 10203 3781 10239 TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 272DEG 31KT 3823 10200 3790 10200 $$
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, 7:37 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 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.