Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2011, 5:25 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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 18, 2011, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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 18, 5:44 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 N Sheridan Lake, CO | |
| Jun 18, 5:44 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 N Sheridan Lake, CO |
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 18, 12:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
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WFUS55 KPUB 182325
TORPUB
COC061-190015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0009.110618T2325Z-110619T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
525 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 615 PM MDT
* AT 519 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 42 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
IN ADDITION...HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
ARE 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 3846 10253 3862 10256 3862 10250 3862 10222
3862 10205 3855 10203 3842 10203 3841 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 310DEG 20KT 3862 10229
$$
SR3 follow-up statements
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WWUS55 KPUB 182342
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
542 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
COC061-190015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110619T0015Z/
KIOWA CO-
542 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM MDT...
AT 537 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 40 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
IN ADDITION...HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOWNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3846 10253 3862 10256 3862 10250 3862 10222
3862 10205 3855 10203 3842 10203 3841 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 310DEG 20KT 3856 10219
$$267
WWUS55 KPUB 190000
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
600 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
COC061-190015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110619T0015Z/
KIOWA CO-
600 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM MDT...
AT 555 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWNER...OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
AT 555 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A ROTATING WALL
CLOUD NEAR TOWNER. HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND WINDS TO 70 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH WITH THIS STORM.
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 3846 10253 3862 10256 3862 10250 3862 10222
3862 10205 3855 10203 3842 10203 3841 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 310DEG 20KT 3850 10210
$$524
WWUS55 KPUB 190010
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
610 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
COC061-190021-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110619T0015Z/
KIOWA CO-
610 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3846 10253 3862 10256 3862 10250 3862 10222
3862 10205 3855 10203 3842 10203 3841 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 310DEG 20KT 3846 10203
$$The 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, 4:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 52 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.