Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2011, 5:33 PM MDT for Otero 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 15, 2011, 5:33 PM MDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2011, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
643
WUUS55 KPUB 152333
SVRPUB
COC089-160030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0099.110715T2333Z-110716T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
533 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 530 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TIMPAS...OR
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...HIGBEE...SWINK AND ROCKY FORD.
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 3810 10374 3810 10340 3772 10340 3766 10359
3774 10385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 200DEG 15KT 3780 10368
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$4 follow-up statements
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WWUS55 KPUB 152350
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
550 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
COC089-160030-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110716T0030Z/
OTERO CO-
550 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OTERO
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 544 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TIMPAS...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...SWINK AND ROCKY FORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3810 10374 3810 10340 3772 10340 3766 10359
3774 10385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 200DEG 15KT 3784 10368
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$352
WWUS55 KPUB 160005
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
605 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
COC089-160030-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110716T0030Z/
OTERO CO-
605 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OTERO
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 603 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF SWINK...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...SWINK AND ROCKY FORD.
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 3810 10374 3810 10340 3772 10340 3766 10359
3774 10385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 200DEG 15KT 3791 10365
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$830
WWUS55 KPUB 160015
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
615 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
COC089-160030-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110716T0030Z/
OTERO CO-
615 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OTERO
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 612 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF SWINK...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA JUNTA...SWINK AND ROCKY FORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3810 10374 3810 10340 3772 10340 3766 10359
3774 10385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 200DEG 15KT 3795 10363
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$379
WWUS55 KPUB 160027
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
627 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
COC089-160037-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110716T0030Z/
OTERO CO-
627 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN OTERO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3810 10374 3810 10340 3772 10340 3766 10359
3774 10385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 200DEG 15KT 3800 10361
$$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.