Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2011, 6:18 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 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
- May 18, 2011, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2011, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Crowley County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 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 190018
SVRPUB
COC025-190115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0005.110519T0018Z-110519T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
618 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT
* AT 613 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 NEAR
OLNEY SPRINGS...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM
IN OLNEY SPRINGS AT 615 PM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROWLEY AND ORDWAY.
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 3851 10389 3851 10351 3839 10351 3811 10380
3817 10402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 202DEG 22KT 3819 10389
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$4 follow-up statements
916
WWUS55 KPUB 190026
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
626 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
COC025-190115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110519T0115Z/
CROWLEY CO-
626 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CROWLEY COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM MDT...
AT 622 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CROWLEY...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL STONES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORDWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3815 10380 3819 10393 3825 10398 3851 10389
3851 10351 3839 10351 3836 10354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 202DEG 22KT 3824 10386
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$895
WWUS55 KPUB 190040
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
640 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
COC025-190115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110519T0115Z/
CROWLEY CO-
640 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM MDT...
AT 636 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 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ORDWAY...OR 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CROWLEY 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3837 10354 3822 10375 3824 10392 3833 10395
3851 10389 3851 10351 3843 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 202DEG 22KT 3832 10382
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$106
WWUS55 KPUB 190056
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
656 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
COC025-190115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110519T0115Z/
CROWLEY CO-
656 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM MDT...
AT 651 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTH OF ORDWAY...OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS BEGUN TO SHOW MODERATE ROTATION ALOFT. OTHER SEVERE
STORMS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES EARLIER THIS
EVENING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 10356 3828 10369 3826 10373 3830 10388
3835 10391 3851 10384 3851 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 204DEG 18KT 3835 10379
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$809
WWUS55 KPUB 190101
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
701 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
COC025-190115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110519T0115Z/
CROWLEY CO-
701 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM MDT...
AT 700 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 11 MILES
NORTH OF ORDWAY...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CROWLEY 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 10356 3833 10366 3833 10384 3838 10390
3851 10384 3851 10361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 204DEG 18KT 3838 10377
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 51 min |
| May 18, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 22 min |
| May 18, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 32 min |
| May 18, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 63 min |
| May 18, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 36 min |
| May 19, 4:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.