Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 2:37 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 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, 2:37 PM MDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
535
WUUS55 KPUB 192037
SVRPUB
COC009-071-192130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0032.120519T2037Z-120519T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
237 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 330 PM MDT
* AT 235 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF KIM...OR 39 MILES WEST OF
SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN BACA 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 3750 10310 3725 10268 3702 10285 3720 10328
3735 10347 3751 10336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 299DEG 22KT 3738 10331
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
240
WWUS55 KPUB 192100
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
300 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
COC009-071-192130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120519T2130Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
300 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS AND WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM MDT...
AT 255 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIM...OR 30 MILES WEST OF
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN BACA
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3708 10284 3721 10316 3728 10327 3744 10316
3746 10303 3725 10268 3721 10271
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 297DEG 23KT 3732 10311
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$138
WWUS55 KPUB 192119
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
319 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
COC071-192129-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120519T2130Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
319 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3724 10309 3728 10308 3741 10301 3736 10285
3727 10273 3713 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 294DEG 23KT 3729 10295
$$
COC009-192130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120519T2130Z/
BACA CO-
319 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
BACA COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM MDT...
AT 315 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 21 MILES WEST
OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN BACA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3724 10309 3728 10308 3741 10301 3736 10285
3727 10273 3713 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 294DEG 23KT 3729 10295
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$459
WWUS55 KPUB 192129
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
329 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
COC009-192140-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120519T2130Z/
BACA CO-
329 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3724 10309 3728 10308 3741 10301 3736 10285
3727 10273 3713 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 294DEG 23KT 3726 10287
$$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, 1:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 60 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, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.