Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 1:15 PM MDT for Bent County, Las Animas County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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
- May 19, 2012, 1:15 PM MDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
343
WUUS55 KPUB 191915
SVRPUB
COC011-071-089-192015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0028.120519T1915Z-120519T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
115 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 215 PM MDT
* AT 115 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF DELHI...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LA JUNTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHERN OTERO AND
SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES.
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 3758 10403 3776 10399 3769 10304 3764 10305
3764 10307 3752 10308 3742 10309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 278DEG 32KT 3765 10389
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
574 WWUS55 KPUB 191928 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 128 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012 COC011-071-089-192015- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120519T2015Z/ BENT CO-OTERO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO- 128 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHEASTERN OTERO AND SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MDT... AT 123 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF DELHI...OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN OTERO...NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3756 10389 3773 10386 3768 10306 3743 10311 TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 278DEG 32KT 3763 10376 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
580
WWUS55 KPUB 191941
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
141 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
COC011-089-191950-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120519T2015Z/
BENT CO-OTERO CO-
141 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTERO AND
SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3756 10386 3765 10382 3764 10373 3753 10331
3747 10335
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 292DEG 21KT 3755 10375
$$
COC071-192015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120519T2015Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
141 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM MDT...
AT 136 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF THATCHER...OR 32 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3756 10386 3765 10382 3764 10373 3753 10331
3747 10335
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 292DEG 21KT 3755 10375
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:21 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 54 min |
| May 19, 10:14 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 61 min |
| May 19, 12:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 63 min |
| May 19, 1:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 25 min |
| May 19, 2:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 62 min |
| May 19, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| May 19, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 53 min |
| May 19, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.