Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2011, 4:48 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 57 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 9, 2011, 4:48 PM MDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2011, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
373 WUUS55 KPUB 092248 SVRPUB COC041-092345- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0086.110709T2248Z-110709T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 448 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 545 PM MDT * AT 445 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 FOUNTAIN...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY...FOUNTAIN...SCHRIEVER AFB... ELLICOTT...TRUCKTON AND YODER. 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 3888 10415 3856 10410 3856 10484 3874 10488 TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 260DEG 22KT 3867 10474 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
911 WWUS55 KPUB 092314 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 514 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011 COC041-092345- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110709T2345Z/ EL PASO CO- 514 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM MDT... AT 513 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUNTAIN...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCHRIEVER AFB...TRUCKTON AND YODER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3856 10478 3875 10480 3888 10415 3856 10410 TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 258DEG 17KT 3869 10462 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
854 WWUS55 KPUB 092325 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 525 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011 COC041-092345- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110709T2345Z/ EL PASO CO- 525 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM MDT... AT 522 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 FOUNTAIN...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCHRIEVER AFB...YODER AND TRUCKTON. 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. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3856 10478 3875 10480 3888 10415 3856 10410 TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 248DEG 18KT 3871 10461 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
036 WWUS55 KPUB 092336 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 536 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011 COC041-092346- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110709T2345Z/ EL PASO CO- 536 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3856 10478 3875 10480 3888 10415 3856 10410 TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 248DEG 18KT 3873 10454 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 63 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.