Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT for Bent County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 2, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2012, 4:41 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:27 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 13 Sse Higbee, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.
064 WUUS55 KPUB 022215 SVRPUB COC011-071-022315- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0046.120602T2215Z-120602T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 415 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 515 PM MDT * AT 413 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 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGBEE...OR 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY INCLUDING HIGHWAY 101 SOUTH OF LAS ANIMAS. 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 3796 10335 3793 10294 3755 10312 3759 10340 TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 197DEG 12KT 3766 10325 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
125 WWUS55 KPUB 022225 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 425 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 COC071-022235- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120602T2315Z/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 425 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3765 10338 3796 10335 3793 10294 3765 10307 TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 197DEG 12KT 3776 10312 $$ COC011-022315- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120602T2315Z/ BENT CO- 425 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM MDT... AT 422 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 18 MILES EAST OF HIGBEE...OR 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL BENT COUNTY INCLUDING HIGHWAY 101 SOUTH OF LAS ANIMAS. 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 3765 10338 3796 10335 3793 10294 3765 10307 TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 197DEG 12KT 3776 10312 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
487 WWUS55 KPUB 022241 RRA SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 441 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 COC011-022252- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120602T2315Z/ BENT CO- 441 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3765 10338 3796 10335 3793 10294 3765 10307 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 197DEG 12KT 3781 10310 $$
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, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 27 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, 4:39 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
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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.