Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2011, 4:31 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 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 8, 2011, 4:31 PM MDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2011, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
945 WUUS55 KPUB 082231 SVRPUB COC041-082330- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0080.110708T2231Z-110708T2330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 431 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 530 PM MDT * AT 426 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF BLACK FOREST...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEYTON...CALHAN AND RAMAH. 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 3912 10405 3897 10405 3897 10470 3912 10483 TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 239DEG 16KT 3912 10468 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
789 WWUS55 KPUB 082251 RRA SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 451 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 COC041-082330- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-110708T2330Z/ EL PASO CO- 451 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT... AT 449 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTHWEST OF ELBERT...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CALHAN AND RAMAH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3906 10469 3912 10471 3912 10405 3897 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 239DEG 16KT 3917 10458 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
620 WWUS55 KPUB 082302 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 502 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 COC041-082330- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-110708T2330Z/ EL PASO CO- 502 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT... AT 458 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 SOUTHWEST OF ELBERT...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CALHAN AND RAMAH. 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 3906 10461 3912 10461 3912 10405 3897 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 239DEG 16KT 3920 10453 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
677 WWUS55 KPUB 082322 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 522 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 COC041-082332- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-110708T2330Z/ EL PASO CO- 522 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3906 10461 3912 10461 3912 10405 3897 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 239DEG 16KT 3925 10443 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 31 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.