Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2011, 4:57 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers 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 8, 2011, 4:57 PM MDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2011, 5:28 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
426 WUUS55 KPUB 082257 SVRPUB COC011-061-099-082345- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0082.110708T2257Z-110708T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 457 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 545 PM MDT * AT 454 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...HASTY...MCCLAVE...WILEY...NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...NEENOSHE RESERVOIR...EADS...CHIVINGTON...BRANDON AND CADDOA. 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. WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3772 10277 3786 10319 3861 10290 3845 10225 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 202DEG 35KT 3796 10294 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ KAM
2 follow-up statements
524 WWUS55 KPUB 082315 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 515 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 COC011-061-099-082345- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-110708T2345Z/ PROWERS CO-BENT CO-KIOWA CO- 515 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA...NORTHEASTERN BENT AND NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT... AT 512 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF MCCLAVE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...HASTY...MCCLAVE...WILEY...NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR...NEENOSHE RESERVOIR...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...EADS... CHIVINGTON AND BRANDON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3792 10278 3800 10302 3861 10290 3845 10225 TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 202DEG 35KT 3806 10284 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$
480 WWUS55 KPUB 082328 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 528 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 COC011-061-099-082338- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-110708T2345Z/ PROWERS CO-BENT CO-KIOWA CO- 528 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIOWA...NORTHEASTERN BENT AND NORTHWESTERN PROWERS 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. GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 3792 10278 3800 10302 3861 10290 3845 10225 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 202DEG 35KT 3818 10278 $$
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, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 48 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.