Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 5:48 PM MDT for Custer County, Fremont County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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, 5:48 PM MDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 241 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.
393 WUUS55 KPUB 192348 SVRPUB COC027-043-101-200030- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0033.120519T2348Z-120520T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 548 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 546 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLORENCE...OR 35 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WETMORE. 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 3836 10489 3808 10478 3810 10531 3826 10538 TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 261DEG 17KT 3819 10524 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ KAM
2 follow-up statements
589 WWUS55 KPUB 200006 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 606 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012 COC027-043-101-200030- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120520T0030Z/ CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-FREMONT CO- 606 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT...WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT... AT 546 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF FLORENCE...OR 29 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WETMORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3828 10529 3836 10489 3808 10478 3810 10520 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 261DEG 17KT 3819 10513 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ KAM
540 WWUS55 KPUB 200015 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 615 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012 COC027-043-101-200026- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120520T0030Z/ CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-FREMONT CO- 615 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT...WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES 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 IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3828 10529 3836 10489 3808 10478 3810 10520 TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 261DEG 17KT 3820 10507 $$ KAM
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, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 53 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.