Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2011, 2:49 PM MDT for Huerfano 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 7, 2011, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 290 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.
642 WUUS55 KPUB 072049 SVRPUB COC055-072145- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0077.110707T2049Z-110707T2145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 249 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 345 PM MDT * AT 246 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 FARISITA...OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LA VETA. 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 3767 10479 3745 10498 3763 10522 3778 10508 TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 309DEG 5KT 3765 10506 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
991 WWUS55 KPUB 072108 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 308 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 COC055-072145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110707T2145Z/ HUERFANO CO- 308 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT... AT 304 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF LA VETA PASS...OR 44 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LA VETA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3763 10521 3776 10504 3767 10479 3745 10498 TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 309DEG 5KT 3763 10505 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
023 WWUS55 KPUB 072127 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 327 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 COC055-072145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110707T2145Z/ HUERFANO CO- 327 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT... AT 322 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 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARISITA...OR 43 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRAVELERS ALONG HIGHWAY 160 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN LA VETA AND WEST OF WALSENBURG. 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 3763 10521 3776 10504 3767 10479 3745 10498 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 309DEG 5KT 3766 10497 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
355 WWUS55 KPUB 072137 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 337 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 COC055-072148- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110707T2145Z/ HUERFANO CO- 337 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3763 10521 3776 10504 3767 10479 3745 10498 TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 309DEG 5KT 3765 10495 $$
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, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 2:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 89 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
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.