Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2011, 6:49 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 3, 2011, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 7:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 3764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
924 WUUS55 KPUB 040049 SVRPUB COC041-040130- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0071.110704T0049Z-110704T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 649 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 730 PM MDT * AT 646 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 NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB...SECURITY AND FOUNTAIN. 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 3864 10460 3859 10491 3891 10493 3894 10470 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 352DEG 13KT 3883 10480 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN $$
3 follow-up statements
823 WWUS55 KPUB 040101 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 701 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 COC041-040130- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110704T0130Z/ EL PASO CO- 701 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT... AT 659 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY AND FOUNTAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3890 10469 3864 10460 3859 10491 3886 10493 TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 352DEG 13KT 3879 10479 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN $$
845 WWUS55 KPUB 040114 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 714 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 COC041-040130- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110704T0130Z/ EL PASO CO- 714 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT... AT 712 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 NEAR SECURITY...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. RADAR TRENDS BETWEEN 707 PM AND 712 PM SHOWED THE STORM WAS GRADUALLY WEAKENING. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...THE WARNING WILL BE CANCELED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOUNTAIN. 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 3890 10469 3864 10460 3859 10491 3886 10493 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 352DEG 13KT 3872 10480 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN $$
702 WWUS55 KPUB 040120 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 720 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 COC041-040129- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110704T0130Z/ EL PASO CO- 720 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3890 10469 3864 10460 3859 10491 3886 10493 TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 352DEG 13KT 3870 10480 $$
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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.