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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 13, 2011Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2011, 7:30 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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, 7:30 PM MDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2011, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 244 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

106 
WUUS55 KPUB 140130
SVRPUB
COC101-140215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0095.110714T0130Z-110714T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 725 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 21 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR...OR 24 MILES
  SOUTH OF PUEBLO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PUEBLO.

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 3797 10492 3827 10461 3808 10437 3788 10469
      3788 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 225DEG 10KT 3797 10476
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

3 follow-up statements

740 
WWUS55 KPUB 140145
SVSPUB

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

COC101-140215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110714T0215Z/
PUEBLO CO-
745 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO
COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MDT...

AT 743 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 19 MILES SOUTH OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR...OR 21 MILES
SOUTH OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 7 MILES EAST OF 
COLORADO CITY AND 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO CITY WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PUEBLO.

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 3797 10492 3827 10461 3808 10437 3788 10469
      3788 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 225DEG 10KT 3799 10473
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

563 
WWUS55 KPUB 140200
SVSPUB

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

COC101-140215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110714T0215Z/
PUEBLO CO-
800 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MDT...

AT 752 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 21 MILES NORTH OF WALSENBURG...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF
PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 3788 10481 3807 10466 3798 10454 3788 10469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 314DEG 22KT 3788 10465
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

332 
WWUS55 KPUB 140212
SVSPUB

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

COC101-140220-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110714T0215Z/
PUEBLO CO-
812 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM MDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH 
CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...NORTHEAST HUERFANO COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTH 
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM.

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

LAT...LON 3788 10481 3807 10466 3798 10454 3788 10469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 314DEG 22KT 3784 10459

$$

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, 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, 7:38 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.