Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2012, 6:55 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 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 23, 2012, 6:55 PM MDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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 23, 7:46 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Ordway, CO | CROWLEY COUNTY DISPATCH |
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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683 WUUS55 KPUB 240055 SVRPUB COC025-089-101-240200- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0036.120524T0055Z-120524T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 655 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 800 PM MDT * AT 651 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PUEBLO DEPOT...OR 16 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BOONE...FOWLER...OLNEY SPRINGS...MANZANOLA...CROWLEY...ORDWAY... ROCKY FORD AND SUGAR CITY. 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 3850 10355 3798 10369 3826 10451 3852 10448 TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 269DEG 41KT 3835 10427 WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN $$
3 follow-up statements
949 WWUS55 KPUB 240104 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 704 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 COC025-089-101-240200- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120524T0200Z/ CROWLEY CO-OTERO CO-PUEBLO CO- 704 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO...NORTHWESTERN OTERO AND CROWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 700 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOONE...OR 21 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOWLER...OLNEY SPRINGS...MANZANOLA...CROWLEY...ORDWAY...ROCKY FORD AND SUGAR CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3851 10442 3850 10355 3798 10369 3823 10441 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 269DEG 41KT 3832 10418 WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN $$
972 WWUS55 KPUB 240115 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 715 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 COC025-089-101-240200- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120524T0200Z/ CROWLEY CO-OTERO CO-PUEBLO CO- 715 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO...NORTHWESTERN OTERO AND CROWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 709 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOONE...OR 27 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. MODERATE MID LEVEL STORM ROTATION WAS NOTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOWLER...OLNEY SPRINGS...CROWLEY...MANZANOLA...ORDWAY...ROCKY FORD AND SUGAR CITY. 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 3819 10430 3851 10430 3850 10355 3798 10369 TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 277DEG 41KT 3829 10403 WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN $$
098 WWUS55 KPUB 240126 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 726 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 COC101-240136- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120524T0200Z/ PUEBLO CO- 726 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3810 10404 3851 10402 3850 10355 3798 10369 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 277DEG 41KT 3827 10387 $$ COC025-089-240200- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120524T0200Z/ CROWLEY CO-OTERO CO- 726 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTERO AND CROWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 723 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROWLEY...OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CROWLEY...MANZANOLA...ORDWAY...ROCKY FORD AND SUGAR CITY. 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 3810 10404 3851 10402 3850 10355 3798 10369 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 277DEG 41KT 3827 10387 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.88IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 60 min |
| May 23, 8:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 39 min |
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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.