Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2011, 4:38 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 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
- Jun 18, 2011, 4:38 PM MDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 12:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
628
WFUS55 KPUB 182238
TORPUB
COC061-182330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0008.110618T2238Z-110618T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
438 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT
* AT 433 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF KIT CARSON...OR 41 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BURLINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
IN ADDITION...HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER.
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 800 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3841 10205 3847 10253 3862 10259 3862 10250
3862 10205 3861 10204 3855 10203 3841 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 304DEG 31KT 3874 10254
$$
SR2 follow-up statements
884
WWUS55 KPUB 182251
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
451 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
COC061-182330-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110618T2330Z/
KIOWA CO-
451 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM MDT...
AT 447 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...OR 43 MILES
SOUTH OF BURLINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THIS STORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 385 10
MILES NORTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE AT 500 PM MDT.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN LAKE AND TOWNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3841 10205 3847 10253 3862 10259 3862 10250
3862 10205 3861 10204 3855 10203 3841 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 304DEG 31KT 3869 10244
$$
SR164
WWUS55 KPUB 182315
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
515 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
COC061-182330-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110618T2330Z/
KIOWA CO-
515 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM MDT...
AT 510 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 40 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION...HAIL
TO GOLF BALL SIZE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
AT 500 PM MDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD FOUR MILES SOUTH
OF CHEYENNE WELLS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOWNER.
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 800 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3841 10205 3847 10253 3862 10259 3862 10250
3862 10205 3861 10204 3855 10203 3841 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 304DEG 31KT 3857 10221
$$
SRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 17 min |
| Jun 17, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 9:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 3:03 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.