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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 2, 2011Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2011, 1:49 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 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, 1:49 PM MDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2011, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 294 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -75 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

267 
WUUS55 KPUB 021949
SVRPUB
COC071-022045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0069.110702T1949Z-110702T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
149 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 245 PM MDT

* AT 148 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF STONEWALL...OR 23 MILES WEST
  OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GULNARE AND BONCARBO AND RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS 
  COUNTY MAINLY NORTHEAST OF STONEWALL.

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 3736 10497 3738 10478 3742 10468 3717 10455
      3708 10498 3727 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 253DEG 12KT 3721 10492
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$
5 follow-up statements
135 
WWUS55 KPUB 021958
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
158 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

COC071-022045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-110702T2045Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
158 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

AT 156 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF STONEWALL...OR 21 MILES WEST
OF TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GULNARE AND BONCARBO...AND RURAL AREAS MAINLY NORTHEAST OF         
  STONEWALL.

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 3736 10497 3738 10478 3742 10468 3717 10455
      3708 10498 3727 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 253DEG 12KT 3722 10488
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$
587 
WWUS55 KPUB 022013
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
213 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

COC071-022045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-110702T2045Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
213 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

AT 208 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEGUNDO...OR 21 MILES WEST OF
TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS NORTHEAST AND EAST OF STONEWALL.

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 3736 10497 3738 10478 3742 10468 3717 10455
      3708 10498 3727 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 277DEG 9KT 3719 10487
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$
521 
WWUS55 KPUB 022023
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
223 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

COC071-022045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-110702T2045Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
223 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

AT 221 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEGUNDO...OR 19 MILES WEST OF
TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY EAST OF       
  STONEWALL.

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 3736 10497 3738 10478 3742 10468 3717 10455
      3708 10498 3727 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 277DEG 9KT 3717 10485
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$
834 
WWUS55 KPUB 022033
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
233 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

COC071-022045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-110702T2045Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
233 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

AT 229 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEGUNDO...OR 19 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LOCATIONS BETWEEN STONEWALL AND SEGUNDO.

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 3736 10497 3738 10478 3742 10468 3717 10455
      3708 10498 3727 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 310DEG 8KT 3714 10485
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$
040 
WWUS55 KPUB 022046
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
246 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

COC071-022056-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-110702T2045Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
246 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 SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL EXPECTED WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3736 10497 3738 10478 3742 10468 3717 10455
      3708 10498 3727 10507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 310DEG 8KT 3714 10485

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 12:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas64 min
Jul 2, 1:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas66 min
Jul 2, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso64 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.