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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 13, 2011Fremont County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2011, 6:08 PM MDT for Fremont County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 13, 2011, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2011, 6:34 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Fremont County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 13, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 235 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 856 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

963 
WUUS55 KPUB 140008
SVRPUB
COC043-101-140045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0090.110714T0008Z-110714T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
608 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
  WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 602 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR...OR 21
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

  AT 605 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN 6 MILES EAST OF BEULAH 
  WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FLORENCE.

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 3846 10485 3802 10476 3798 10499 3813 10505
      3826 10504 3826 10510 3841 10516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 168DEG 18KT 3809 10491
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

830 
WWUS55 KPUB 140025 RRA
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
625 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

COC043-101-140045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110714T0045Z/
FREMONT CO-PUEBLO CO-
625 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
PUEBLO AND SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT...

AT 621 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR...OR 18
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PENROSE AND FLORENCE.

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 1100 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3804 10476 3800 10499 3812 10505 3826 10504
      3826 10510 3841 10516 3846 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 167DEG 15KT 3815 10489
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

780 
WWUS55 KPUB 140034
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
634 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

COC043-101-140043-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110714T0045Z/
FREMONT CO-PUEBLO CO-
634 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND
SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT 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.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3804 10476 3800 10499 3812 10505 3826 10504
      3826 10510 3841 10516 3846 10485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 167DEG 15KT 3818 10490

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 6:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	61 min
Jul 13, 6:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
Jul 13, 6:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	55 min
Jul 13, 7:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	60 min
Jul 13, 7:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	64 min
Jul 13, 7:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Pueblo	2 hr
Jul 13, 7:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	45 min
Jul 13, 7:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	67 min
Jul 13, 8:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	22 min
Jul 13, 9:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 13, 9:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 13, 10:27 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 13, 10:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jul 13, 10:35 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Las Animas	59 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.