Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2012, 1:14 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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 17, 2012, 1:14 PM MDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:43 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Ene Lamar, CO | FELL OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES THROUGH 0148 PM. |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 2953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
739 WUUS55 KPUB 171914 SVRPUB COC011-099-172000- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0024.120517T1914Z-120517T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 114 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 200 PM MDT * AT 108 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...GRANADA AND BRISTOL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... 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 3798 10204 3791 10272 3809 10281 3822 10249 TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 254DEG 21KT 3800 10273 $$ SWE
3 follow-up statements
866 WWUS55 KPUB 171931 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 131 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 COC011-172010- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120517T2000Z/ BENT CO- 131 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3792 10269 3811 10272 3822 10249 3798 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 254DEG 21KT 3803 10261 $$ COC099-172000- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120517T2000Z/ PROWERS CO- 131 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MDT FOR PROWERS COUNTY... AT 126 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...GRANADA AND BRISTOL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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 3792 10269 3811 10272 3822 10249 3798 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 254DEG 21KT 3803 10261 $$ SWE
124 WWUS55 KPUB 171947 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 147 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 COC099-172000- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120517T2000Z/ PROWERS CO- 147 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MDT FOR PROWERS COUNTY... AT 144 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LAMAR. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...GRANADA AND BRISTOL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3792 10269 3811 10272 3822 10249 3798 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 244DEG 22KT 3810 10252 $$ SWE
556 WWUS55 KPUB 171957 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 157 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 COC099-172010- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120517T2000Z/ PROWERS CO- 157 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PROWERS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM MDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN STILL BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3792 10269 3811 10272 3822 10249 3798 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 254DEG 21KT 3810 10252 $$ SWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:34 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 12 hr |
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.