Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2012, 6:29 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 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 31, 2012, 6:29 PM MDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2012, 7:13 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 5398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS55 KPUB 010029
SVRPUB
COC071-010130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0039.120601T0029Z-120601T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
629 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
* AT 626 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 NEAR
COKEDALE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRINIDAD AND COKEDALE.
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 3716 10477 3730 10463 3719 10427 3699 10448
3699 10457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 314DEG 12KT 3717 10461
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$4 follow-up statements
908
WWUS55 KPUB 010039
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
639 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2012
COC071-010130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120601T0130Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
639 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT...
AT 637 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
COKEDALE...OR NEAR TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRINIDAD AND COKEDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3714 10474 3728 10457 3719 10427 3699 10448
3699 10457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 314DEG 12KT 3715 10458
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$490
WWUS55 KPUB 010051
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
651 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2012
COC071-010130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120601T0130Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
651 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT...
AT 648 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 NEAR
COKEDALE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BUT ALSO COKEDALE
AND TRINIDAD.
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 3710 10470 3724 10445 3719 10427 3699 10448
3699 10457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 323DEG 11KT 3709 10458
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$806
WWUS55 KPUB 010100
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
700 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2012
COC071-010130-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120601T0130Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
700 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT...
AT 656 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTH OF COKEDALE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3710 10470 3724 10445 3719 10427 3699 10448
3699 10457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 320DEG 15KT 3703 10461
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$296
WWUS55 KPUB 010113
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
713 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2012
COC071-010123-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120601T0130Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
713 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3710 10470 3724 10445 3719 10427 3699 10448
3699 10457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 320DEG 15KT 3699 10457
$$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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.