Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2012, 2:32 PM MDT for Las Animas 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
- Jun 2, 2012, 2:32 PM MDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2012, 2:59 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 304 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
- 1766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
501 WUUS55 KPUB 022032 SVRPUB COC071-022115- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0041.120602T2032Z-120602T2115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 232 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 315 PM MDT * AT 227 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 SEGUNDO...OR 14 MILES WEST OF TRINIDAD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRINIDAD...BONCARBO...COKEDALE...GULNARE...AGUILAR AND HOEHNE. 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 3760 10446 3725 10419 3702 10474 3723 10487 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 231DEG 24KT 3717 10472 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
3 follow-up statements
842 WWUS55 KPUB 022046 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 246 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 COC071-022115- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120602T2115Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 246 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM MDT... AT 241 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BONCARBO...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRINIDAD...AGUILAR AND HOEHNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3706 10464 3729 10480 3760 10446 3725 10419 TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 231DEG 24KT 3724 10462 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
224 WWUS55 KPUB 022055 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 255 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 COC071-022115- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120602T2115Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 255 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM MDT... AT 250 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BONCARBO...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AGUILAR AND HOEHNE. 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. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3710 10455 3735 10473 3760 10446 3725 10419 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 231DEG 24KT 3728 10456 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$
601 WWUS55 KPUB 022059 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 259 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 COC071-022110- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120602T2115Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 259 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3710 10455 3735 10473 3760 10446 3725 10419 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 231DEG 24KT 3730 10453 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 5:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 5:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 13 min |
| Jun 2, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 38 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.