Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2011, 12:26 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 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
- Jul 2, 2011, 12:26 PM MDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2011, 1:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 021826
SVRPUB
COC071-021930-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0067.110702T1826Z-110702T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1226 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 130 PM MDT
* AT 1224 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 7 MILES
SOUTH OF SPANISH PEAKS...OR 24 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING
NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN LAS ANIMAS 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 3730 10508 3738 10493 3737 10485 3739 10475
3714 10481 3718 10504
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 185DEG 7KT 3728 10492
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$4 follow-up statements
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WWUS55 KPUB 021834
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1234 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011
COC071-021930-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110702T1930Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
1234 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM MDT...
AT 1231 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTH OF SPANISH PEAKS...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF STONEWALL...MOVING
NORTH AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3730 10508 3738 10493 3737 10485 3739 10475
3714 10481 3718 10504
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 185DEG 7KT 3729 10492
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$525
WWUS55 KPUB 021851
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1251 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011
COC071-021930-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110702T1930Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
1251 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM MDT...
AT 1248 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 NEAR
SPANISH PEAKS...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING NORTH AT
15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN LAS ANIMAS 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 3730 10508 3738 10493 3737 10485 3739 10475
3714 10481 3718 10504
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 192DEG 13KT 3736 10489
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$899
WWUS55 KPUB 021912
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
112 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011
COC071-021930-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110702T1930Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
112 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM MDT...
AT 110 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPANISH PEAKS...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING NORTH AT
10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3730 10508 3738 10493 3737 10485 3739 10475
3714 10481 3718 10504
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 192DEG 13KT 3732 10495
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$507
WWUS55 KPUB 021935
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
135 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011
COC071-021944-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110702T1930Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
135 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES IS STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM.
LAT...LON 3730 10508 3738 10493 3737 10485 3739 10475
3714 10481 3718 10504
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 192DEG 13KT 3732 10495
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 64 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.