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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 511
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 7, 2024, 2:51 PM MDT for 18 counties in Colorado; 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2024, 2:51 PM MDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2024, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 22 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Washington County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 70%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 40%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
53 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 11 min |
| Jul 7, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 5:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 6:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 6:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 6:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 20 min |
| Jul 7, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 6:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 14 min |
| Jul 7, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 7:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 8:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 8:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 9:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 107 min |
| Jul 7, 9:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Crowley, Denver and 14 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2024Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Mexico, 2024Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2024
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.