Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2011, 6:58 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 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, 6:58 PM MDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2011, 7:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.
301
WUUS55 KPUB 190058
SVRPUB
COC061-190130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0006.110519T0058Z-110519T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
658 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
* AT 655 PM 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 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF EADS...OR 37 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN KIOWA 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 3845 10291 3850 10307 3861 10306 3862 10304
3861 10258
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 236DEG 23KT 3858 10288
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
879
WWUS55 KPUB 190106
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
706 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
COC061-190130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110519T0130Z/
KIOWA CO-
706 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT...
AT 704 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTH OF EADS...OR 38 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3850 10287 3852 10297 3858 10302 3862 10304
3861 10258
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 236DEG 23KT 3861 10282
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$766 WWUS55 KPUB 190117 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 717 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011 COC061-190130- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110519T0130Z/ KIOWA CO- 717 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT... AT 714 PM 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 9 MILES NORTH OF EADS...OR 38 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN KIOWA 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 3853 10287 3862 10293 3861 10267 TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 236DEG 23KT 3862 10281 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
534 WWUS55 KPUB 190120 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 720 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011 COC061-190130- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110519T0130Z/ KIOWA CO- 720 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3853 10287 3862 10293 3861 10267 TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 236DEG 23KT 3863 10279 $$
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, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 57 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.