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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 20, 2011Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2011, 7:17 AM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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, 7:17 AM MDT (13:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2011, 8:03 AM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:17 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3175 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

878 
WUUS55 KPUB 201317
SVRPUB
COC011-099-201415-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0052.110620T1317Z-110620T1415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
717 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 815 AM MDT

* AT 713 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17
  MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAMAR...MCCLAVE...WILEY...GRANADA...HOLLY...BRISTOL AND HARTMAN.

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 3769 10213 3774 10282 3823 10289 3824 10204
      3805 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1317Z 200DEG 20KT 3786 10254
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$
5 follow-up statements
025 
WWUS55 KPUB 201327
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
727 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

COC011-099-201415-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110620T1415Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
727 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM MDT...

AT 722 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANADA...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAMAR...MCCLAVE...WILEY...GRANADA...HOLLY...BRISTOL AND HARTMAN.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3769 10213 3774 10282 3823 10289 3824 10204
      3805 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1327Z 200DEG 20KT 3792 10242
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$
611 
WWUS55 KPUB 201340
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
740 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

COC011-099-201415-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110620T1415Z/
PROWERS CO-BENT CO-
740 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM MDT...

AT 736 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANADA...OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRANADA...BRISTOL...HOLLY AND HARTMAN.

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 3769 10213 3774 10282 3823 10289 3824 10204
      3805 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1340Z 206DEG 23KT 3798 10223
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$
468 
WWUS55 KPUB 201347
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
747 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

COC011-201357-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110620T1415Z/
BENT CO-
747 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3769 10213 3771 10237 3823 10261 3824 10204
      3805 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1347Z 206DEG 23KT 3802 10220

$$

COC099-201415-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110620T1415Z/
PROWERS CO-
747 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM MDT...

AT 745 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY...OR 23 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRISTOL...HOLLY AND HARTMAN.

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 3769 10213 3771 10237 3823 10261 3824 10204
      3805 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1347Z 206DEG 23KT 3802 10220
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$
970 
WWUS55 KPUB 201355
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
755 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

COC099-201415-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110620T1415Z/
PROWERS CO-
755 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM MDT...

AT 754 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HOLLY...OR 28 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PROWERS 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 3799 10209 3769 10213 3771 10236 3823 10235
      3824 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1356Z 206DEG 23KT 3810 10210
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$
352 
WWUS55 KPUB 201403
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
803 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

COC099-201413-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110620T1415Z/
PROWERS CO-
803 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH 
THE BACK EDGE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES INTO KANSAS. 

LAT...LON 3799 10209 3769 10213 3771 10236 3823 10235
      3824 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1403Z 206DEG 23KT 3814 10207

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero36 min
Jun 20, 3:21 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa27 min
Jun 20, 4:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa25 min
Jun 20, 5:54 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa54 min
Jun 20, 7:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Prowers34 min
Jun 20, 2:37 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryPUBAlamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache17 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.