Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2011, 7:31 AM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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 20, 2011, 7:31 AM MDT (13:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 8:05 AM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 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 20, 7:33 AM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | N Walsh, CO | |
| Jun 20, 7:33 AM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Walsh, CO | |
| Jun 20, 7:34 AM MDT | HAIL 1 | Walsh, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
360 WUUS55 KPUB 201331 SVRPUB COC009-099-201430- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0053.110620T1331Z-110620T1430Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 731 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 830 AM MDT * AT 727 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 STONINGTON...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WALSH AND TWO BUTTES. 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 3730 10206 3732 10242 3771 10239 3770 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 1331Z 216DEG 8KT 3733 10224 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
663 WWUS55 KPUB 201337 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 737 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 COC009-099-201430- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110620T1430Z/ BACA CO-PROWERS CO- 737 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM MDT... AT 736 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALSH...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TWO BUTTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3730 10206 3732 10242 3771 10239 3770 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 1337Z 217DEG 19KT 3739 10222 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN $$
329 WWUS55 KPUB 201353 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 753 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 COC009-099-201430- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110620T1430Z/ BACA CO-PROWERS CO- 753 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM MDT... AT 750 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES. 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 3730 10206 3745 10220 3771 10239 3770 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 1354Z 217DEG 19KT 3748 10208 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN $$
515 WWUS55 KPUB 201405 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 805 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 COC009-099-201414- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110620T1430Z/ BACA CO-PROWERS CO- 805 AM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE BACK EDGE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES INTO KANSAS. LAT...LON 3730 10206 3745 10220 3771 10239 3770 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 217DEG 19KT 3752 10204 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2:35 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 36 min |
| 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.