Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2011, 6:50 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 13, 2011, 6:50 PM MDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2011, 7:45 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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 13, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
249 WUUS55 KPUB 140050 SVRPUB COC041-140145- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0093.110714T0050Z-110714T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 650 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 648 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 13 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...SECURITY...SCHRIEVER AFB AND ELLICOTT. 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 3901 10430 3860 10434 3856 10472 3872 10488 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 225DEG 10KT 3869 10472 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
4 follow-up statements
796 WWUS55 KPUB 140105 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 705 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 COC041-140145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110714T0145Z/ EL PASO CO- 705 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 702 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUNTAIN...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCHRIEVER AFB AND ELLICOTT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3860 10474 3875 10482 3901 10430 3860 10434 TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 269DEG 11KT 3867 10463 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
975 WWUS55 KPUB 140114 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 714 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 COC041-140145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110714T0145Z/ EL PASO CO- 714 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 711 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 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...SCHRIEVER AFB AND ELLICOTT. 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 3860 10474 3877 10476 3901 10430 3860 10434 TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 271DEG 11KT 3867 10467 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
001 WWUS55 KPUB 140122 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 722 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 COC041-140145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110714T0145Z/ EL PASO CO- 722 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 720 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUNTAIN...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCHRIEVER AFB AND ELLICOTT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3860 10470 3875 10472 3888 10431 3860 10434 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 271DEG 11KT 3867 10464 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
482 WWUS55 KPUB 140134 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 734 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 COC041-140145- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110714T0145Z/ EL PASO CO- 734 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 729 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 9 MILES EAST OF FOUNTAIN...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN 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. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3878 10432 3860 10434 3860 10470 3872 10472 TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 271DEG 11KT 3865 10453 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 26 min |
| 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, 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.