Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2012, 8:56 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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 20, 2012, 8:56 PM MDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2012, 9:27 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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 20, 9:02 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Nne Pueblo, CO | |
| May 20, 9:10 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Sse Pueblo, CO |
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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 2975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
567 WUUS55 KPUB 210256 SVRPUB COC101-210345- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0034.120521T0256Z-120521T0345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 856 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 945 PM MDT * AT 855 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PUEBLO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PUEBLO...BLENDE AND AVONDALE. 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 3812 10414 3795 10461 3833 10476 3844 10454 TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 331DEG 15KT 3830 10461 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ KAM
3 follow-up statements
719 WWUS55 KPUB 210310 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 910 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2012 COC101-210345- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120521T0345Z/ PUEBLO CO- 910 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT... AT 904 PM MDT...PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PUEBLO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLENDE AND AVONDALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3830 10473 3840 10451 3812 10414 3795 10461 TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 331DEG 15KT 3825 10458 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 0.75IN $$
597 WWUS55 KPUB 210322 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 922 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2012 COC101-210345- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120521T0345Z/ PUEBLO CO- 922 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT... AT 918 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLENDE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AVONDALE. 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 3827 10464 3840 10451 3812 10414 3795 10461 TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 308DEG 21KT 3822 10449 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ KAM
385 WWUS55 KPUB 210327 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 927 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2012 COC101-210338- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120521T0345Z/ PUEBLO CO- 927 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3827 10464 3840 10451 3812 10414 3795 10461 TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 308DEG 21KT 3820 10446 $$ KAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 3:38 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 10 hr |
| May 21, 1:20 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 15 hr |
| May 21, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 34 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.