Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2011, 8:05 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 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 12, 2011, 8:05 PM MDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 596 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
291 WUUS55 KPUB 130205 SVRPUB COC041-130300- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0088.110713T0205Z-110713T0300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 805 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 900 PM MDT * AT 801 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 BLACK FOREST...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. 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 3913 10447 3892 10458 3896 10481 3912 10474 TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 193DEG 16KT 3904 10467 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
213 WWUS55 KPUB 130250 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 850 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011 COC041-130300- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-110713T0300Z/ EL PASO CO- 850 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT... AT 847 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEYTON...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS... MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3905 10465 3912 10464 3913 10447 3903 10452 TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 194DEG 16KT 3912 10458 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
757 WWUS55 KPUB 130258 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 858 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011 COC041-130308- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-110713T0300Z/ EL PASO CO- 858 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3905 10465 3912 10464 3913 10447 3903 10452 TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 194DEG 16KT 3915 10457 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 9:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 117 min |
| Jul 13, 1:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 56 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.