Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2011, 2:35 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 36 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 20, 2011, 2:35 AM MDT (08:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 3:11 AM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 874 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
499 WUUS55 KPUB 200835 SVRPUB COC011-025-061-089-200930- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0048.110620T0835Z-110620T0930Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 235 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 330 AM MDT * AT 227 AM 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 CHERAW...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. OTHER SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ORDWAY AND CHERAW...ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUGAR CITY AND ARLINGTON. 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 3842 10369 3832 10323 3803 10341 3814 10377 TIME...MOT...LOC 0832Z 201DEG 14KT 3814 10348 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
796 WWUS55 KPUB 200844 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 244 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 COC011-025-061-089-200930- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110620T0930Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-KIOWA CO- 244 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN BENT...EASTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM MDT... AT 241 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHERAW...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA... MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ARLINGTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3818 10376 3842 10369 3832 10323 3810 10337 TIME...MOT...LOC 0844Z 201DEG 14KT 3821 10339 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$
254 WWUS55 KPUB 200855 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 255 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 COC011-025-061-089-200930- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110620T0930Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-KIOWA CO- 255 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN BENT...EAST CENTRAL CROWLEY AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM MDT... AT 250 AM 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 7 MILES SOUTH OF ARLINGTON...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ARLINGTON. 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 3824 10374 3842 10369 3832 10323 3816 10333 TIME...MOT...LOC 0855Z 201DEG 14KT 3825 10332 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
916 WWUS55 KPUB 200911 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 311 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 COC011-025-061-089-200920- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110620T0930Z/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO-BENT CO-KIOWA CO- 311 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA... NORTHWESTERN BENT...EAST CENTRAL CROWLEY AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3824 10374 3842 10369 3832 10323 3816 10333 TIME...MOT...LOC 0910Z 201DEG 14KT 3830 10329 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:21 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 4:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 5:54 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 7:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 7:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 2:37 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 17 hr |
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.