Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2011, 2:17 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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 7, 2011, 2:17 PM MDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2011, 2:42 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 306 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
- 371 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
271 WUUS55 KPUB 072017 SVRPUB COC055-071-072115- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0076.110707T2017Z-110707T2115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 217 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 315 PM MDT * AT 214 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...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GULNARE AND AGUILAR. 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 3755 10459 3722 10453 3724 10505 3743 10509 TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 280DEG 9KT 3733 10490 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
130 WWUS55 KPUB 072030 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 230 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 COC055-071-072115- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110707T2115Z/ HUERFANO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO- 230 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT... AT 227 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPANISH PEAKS...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GULNARE AND AGUILAR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3725 10502 3743 10506 3755 10459 3722 10453 TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 281DEG 9KT 3732 10486 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
057 WWUS55 KPUB 072042 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 242 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 COC055-071-072052- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110707T2115Z/ HUERFANO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO- 242 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3725 10502 3743 10506 3755 10459 3722 10453 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 281DEG 9KT 3731 10482 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 9:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 2:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 89 min |
| Jul 7, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 5:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 102 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.