Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2012, 8:58 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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 23, 2012, 8:58 PM MDT (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 9:37 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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, 9:06 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ene Lamar, CO | |
| May 23, 9:26 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ene Hartman, 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.
842 WUUS55 KPUB 240258 SVRPUB COC061-099-240400- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0038.120524T0258Z-120524T0400Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 858 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 1000 PM MDT * AT 856 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND HOLLY. 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 3806 10271 3835 10264 3836 10203 3797 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 270DEG 30KT 3815 10259 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN $$
4 follow-up statements
769 WWUS55 KPUB 240308 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 908 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 COC061-099-240400- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120524T0400Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 908 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM MDT... AT 905 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND HOLLY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3804 10252 3835 10256 3836 10203 3797 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 270DEG 30KT 3815 10247 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
242 WWUS55 KPUB 240320 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 920 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 COC061-099-240400- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120524T0400Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 920 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM MDT... AT 914 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRISTOL...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND HOLLY. 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 3802 10236 3835 10246 3836 10203 3797 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 270DEG 30KT 3815 10235 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
253 WWUS55 KPUB 240331 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 931 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 COC061-099-240400- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120524T0400Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 931 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM MDT... AT 928 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF HARTMAN...OR 28 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3799 10218 3835 10226 3836 10203 3797 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 270DEG 30KT 3815 10208 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
314 WWUS55 KPUB 240337 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 937 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 COC061-099-240347- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120524T0400Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 937 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO KANSAS. LAT...LON 3799 10218 3835 10226 3836 10203 3797 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 270DEG 30KT 3815 10195 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 65 min |
| May 23, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 60 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.