Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2012, 1:21 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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
- May 13, 2012, 1:21 PM MDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2012, 1:54 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:30 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | Florissant, CO | PEA SIZE HAIL...TO A 1 INCH DEPTH...IN A SWATH FROM THE LAKE GEORGE AREA...EASTWARD THROUGH THE FORISSANT CANYON...TO WITHIN 5 MILES OR SO WEST OF WOODLAND PARK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
243 WUUS55 KPUB 131921 SVRPUB COC119-132015- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0022.120513T1921Z-120513T2015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 121 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 215 PM MDT * AT 116 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLORISSANT...OR 25 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLORISSANT...DIVIDE AND WOODLAND PARK. 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 3912 10504 3888 10503 3880 10531 3903 10532 TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 258DEG 13KT 3895 10523 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
447 WWUS55 KPUB 131944 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 144 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 COC119-132015- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120513T2015Z/ TELLER CO- 144 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM MDT... AT 141 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLORISSANT...OR 25 MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLORRISANT...DIVIDE AND WOODLAND PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3912 10504 3888 10503 3880 10531 3903 10532 TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 268DEG 4KT 3896 10525 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
064 WWUS55 KPUB 131954 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 154 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 COC119-132004- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120513T2015Z/ TELLER CO- 154 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3912 10504 3888 10503 3880 10531 3903 10532 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 268DEG 4KT 3896 10524 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 25 min |
| May 13, 3:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Custer | 22 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.