Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2011, 5:22 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 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 28, 2011, 5:22 PM MDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2011, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 2151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
037 WUUS55 KPUB 282322 SVRPUB COC041-290015- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0060.110628T2322Z-110629T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 522 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 615 PM MDT * AT 518 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRUCKTON... OR 31 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRUCKTON AND RUSH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3884 10405 3851 10405 3863 10447 3888 10440 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 294DEG 24KT 3867 10425 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$
4 follow-up statements
816 WWUS55 KPUB 282333 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 533 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 COC041-290015- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110629T0015Z/ EL PASO CO- 533 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT... AT 531 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF TRUCKTON...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRUCKTON. RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY SOUTH OF TRUCKTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3884 10405 3851 10405 3863 10447 3888 10440 TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 294DEG 24KT 3864 10416 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$
413 WWUS55 KPUB 282345 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 545 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 COC041-290015- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110629T0015Z/ EL PASO CO- 545 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT... AT 540 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRUCKTON...OR 37 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 513 PM MDT A 58 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLICOTT WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3884 10405 3851 10405 3863 10447 3888 10440 TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 294DEG 24KT 3863 10410 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$
821 WWUS55 KPUB 282348 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 548 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 COC041-290015- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110629T0015Z/ EL PASO CO- 548 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT... AT 545 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRUCKTON...OR 37 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3860 10437 3887 10429 3884 10405 3851 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 294DEG 24KT 3862 10406 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$
845 WWUS55 KPUB 290005 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 605 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 COC041-290016- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110629T0015Z/ EL PASO CO- 605 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3860 10437 3887 10429 3884 10405 3851 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 294DEG 24KT 3857 10392 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 4:35 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 14 more | 34 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:37 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 54 min |
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.