Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2011, 7:13 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2011, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Crowley County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.
374
WUUS55 KPUB 190113
SVRPUB
COC025-190145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0007.110519T0113Z-110519T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
713 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT
* AT 709 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 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILD HORSE POINT...OR 34 MILES NORTH OF LA
JUNTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN CROWLEY 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 3835 10367 3842 10388 3852 10384 3852 10357
3851 10356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 204DEG 18KT 3847 10373
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
600
WWUS55 KPUB 190121
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
721 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
COC025-190145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110519T0145Z/
CROWLEY CO-
721 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT...
AT 718 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WILD HORSE POINT...OR 37 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3840 10368 3849 10385 3852 10384 3852 10357
3851 10356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 204DEG 18KT 3851 10371
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$335 WWUS55 KPUB 190132 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 732 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011 COC025-190145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110519T0145Z/ CROWLEY CO- 732 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 728 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 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORDER...OR 40 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... 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 3843 10365 3851 10376 3852 10357 3851 10356 TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 204DEG 18KT 3856 10368 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
432 WWUS55 KPUB 190139 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 739 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011 COC025-190149- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110519T0145Z/ CROWLEY CO- 739 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3843 10365 3851 10376 3852 10357 3851 10356 TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 204DEG 18KT 3859 10366 $$
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, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 22 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.