Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2011, 2:48 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2011, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2011, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:07 PM MDT | TORNADO | 18 Nw Kim, CO | TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 1-3 MINUTES. CONE WITH DUST KICKING UP AT THE SURFACE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 12:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS55 KPUB 112048
TORPUB
COC071-112130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0006.110611T2048Z-110611T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
248 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 330 PM MDT
* AT 246 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIM...OR 41 MILES SOUTH OF
LA JUNTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3728 10370 3744 10380 3764 10334 3764 10330
3743 10319
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 245DEG 18KT 3740 10364
$$2 follow-up statements
163
WWUS55 KPUB 112113
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
313 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011
COC071-112130-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110611T2130Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
313 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM MDT...
AT 307 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIM...OR 38 MILES
SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3731 10363 3748 10369 3764 10334 3764 10330
3743 10319
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 245DEG 18KT 3743 10356
$$222
WWUS55 KPUB 112128
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
328 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011
COC071-112137-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110611T2130Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
328 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 330 PM MDT...
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 EAST
CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY 430 PM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3731 10363 3748 10369 3764 10334 3764 10330
3743 10319
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 245DEG 18KT 3746 10347
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 12:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer and 9 more | 32 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 16 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.